Calculate Seven Card Stud poker odds with dead card tracking and visible card adjustments.
3rd St
2 down, 1 up
4th St
+1 up card
5th St
+1 up card
6th St
+1 up card
7th St
+1 down (river)
Cards that complete your hand
Outs visible in folded hands
52 - (your cards) - (all visible cards)
What street are you on?
Quick-start with common scenarios
Seven Card Stud is the classic poker game before Hold'em took over. Each player gets 7 cards (3 down, 4 up) and makes the best 5-card hand.
Visible Information: Unlike Hold'em, you can see opponents' upcards. This gives you crucial information about their possible holdings and dead cards.
Dead Card Tracking: This is the most important skill in Stud. If you're drawing to a flush and see 4 of your suit folded, your 9-out draw becomes a 5-out draw.
Starting Hand Selection: Premium hands are rolled-up trips, high pairs, and live drawing hands. Avoid chasing with dead cards.
In Stud, you can see folded upcards. If you need Kings and 2 Kings are folded, your outs drop from 4 to 2. This dramatically affects pot odds. A flush draw with 9 outs might only have 6 if 3 of your suit are dead.
Watch betting patterns correlated with upcards. (J♠)(J♦) raising likely has trips or two pair. Flush draws are obvious when 3+ suited cards show. Check what cards are dead before chasing draws.
The bring-in is a forced bet by the lowest upcard (usually 1/2 ante). The player can complete to the full bet. This starts the action. Aces are high, so 2♣ is the worst door card.
Position changes each street based on board strength. The best hand showing acts first (or last on later streets in some variants). Being able to act last is valuable.
Rolled up trips (3 of a kind), high pairs with high kickers, and live suited connectors. (A♠)(A♥)A♦ is premium. Buried pairs (pair in hole) have deception value. Avoid small pairs with dead cards.