stud poker

stud poker

noun Cards.
1.
a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in the first round and one card face up in each of the next four rounds, each of the last four rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare seven-card stud.
2.
any similar variety of poker.

Origin:
1860–65, Americanism
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stud poker
 
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Often shortened to: stud a variety of poker in which the first card is dealt face down before each player and the next four are dealt face up (five-card stud) or in which the first two cards and the last card are dealt face down and the intervening four cards are dealt face up (seven-card stud), with bets made after each round
 
[C19: from stud² + poker²]

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