7 card stud poker - Betting limits

Structured-limit or fixed-limit seven-card stud games have a double-limit, with the lower limit used in the early rounds, and the higher limit (which is usually double the lower limit) used in the later rounds.

Thus the lower bet is allowed on the first and second – referred to as third and fourth street – which correspond to the first three cards and the fourth card, and a double sized bet is required on the third, fourth and fifth betting rounds. The only exception is that if a player has an open pair on fourth street, in which case he has the option of making either a single or double bet.

These later rounds correspond to the fifth, sixth and seventh cards, and are called, respectively, fifth street, sixth street, and seventh street, or the river.

Many low-stakes seven-card stud games may be played with spread limits in which a player has the option to bet or raise an amount that is not fixed. As an example, if the bet in the opening rounds is £3, a player has the option of betting either £1, £2 or £3.