This game is played with an ante which is one fifth of bet size of low limit. Before the hand begins every player should ante up. This ante is not counted in later stages, it just occurs before the game. Once the game starts after the first deal each player has one card.  At this movement player who has the lowest card should “bring in”.  That is the lowest card holding player should place half of his low limited bet size in pot. If more than one player shares the lowest card then the person who is left to the dealer should bring in. Game counts this bet as the first bet of the player so that none of the players raise the amount. In this stage there is no necessity for a player to place extra money in the pot for seeing next card.

This game consists of 5 betting rounds. In this game of seven cards all bets of players and their raises should be equal to their own limit or to high limit bet size depending on the round being played. A player who plays in first two rounds should place his make his raises and bets equal to the size of low limit bet. Players playing in next rounds like 3, 4, 5 should place their bets equal to the size of high limit bet. A simple example would be of good use to understand this strategy. For example if a player is playing 3/6 seven card stud then all his bets in the first two rounds will be in multiples of $3 and all his bets in last rounds will be multiples of 6 dollars. Each player is allowed to raise $3 maximum in each round.

In seven card stud the game is divided into streets, with each street following a specific rule. In the Third Street players dealt with two faces up cards and one face down card. In this street the player who has the lowest card can “bring in” and he can bet half of low limit. At this point player can select “raise” of amount to full low limit bet. The play proceeds in the clock wise direction. When it moves each player can choose any one of fold, call and raise. All players betting’s and raises of amounts should be same as low limit bet size. In the Fourth Street every player is dealt with fourth face up cards. The player showing the highest hand is the first person to act in this round. He can choose any one of fold, bet or check. In this round if more than two players have a tie then the one who is close to the dealer is given a chance to “act”. When the play proceeds in clock wise direction players can show their pairs and place their bets. They can place bet of low limit bet size or high limit bet size. If it does not happen then all the bet sizes of players should be equal to bet size of low limit.  In Fifth Street a player deals with the fifth card. This game proceeds in the same way as the Fourth Street but player’s raises and bets should be equal to the bet size of high limit. In Sixth Street the sixth card is given to players with its face up. In this round all the raises of players and their bets should be equal to the bet size of high limit. In the seventh round the last card is dealt as face down to all players.

Here in the last round the winner is declared, in few cases all the 8 players will have a tie. At that movement instead of giving cards to player’s one single card is placed at the centre of table with its face up.  This card will help players in making their best 5 card hand.

 In the last round i.e. showdown players who have not folded in the 8 round will show their hands. Player who bets last should show his hand first. When the game proceeds in clock wise direction players can show their hands or they can muck their hands. At times players muck their hands because of fewer chances in winning the pot. They don’t like showing their hands and get fooled. Most of the poker rooms offer an option of automatic mucking of those players who loose their hands, so that opponents won’t know their moves.