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Limit Seven-Card Stud - Third Street advice

The first betting round is without question the most important one in Seven-Card Stud. Decisions you make at this stage will follow you throughout the hand and mistakes will be very costly. Seven-Card Stud rapidly becomes a very complex game and if you get involved in too many hands you will often find yourself in difficult situations. Consequently, you should have strict limit seven-card stud starting hand standards, but there are other factors to consider besides the value of your own cards:

• Your opponents' up-cards. If you're holding a pair of tens and both the remaining tens are out on the table, the value of your hand is obviously diminished. When this happens, you're cards are said to be "dead". Otherwise they are "live"
• The number of players in the pot when it's your turn to act. In the example above your pair of tens would be even weaker in a multi-way pot. But in a short-handed game your hand might still be playable. In contrast, drawing hands generally require several opponents to be worth wile.
• The structure of the game. How many players are in it? Is it loose or tight? In general you play more hands in loose games than you would in tight games.
• The other players' actions. If there's been a raise you naturally have to more careful. You should also consider what position the raise was made from.