Winning 7-Card Stud: Transforming Home Game Chumps into Casino Killers

by Ashley Adams

Overview

7-Card Stud is still the most popular card game in America, and this step-by-step guide gives players the edge they need to compete and triumph-in their basements or in any casino in the country. Readers will learn the pitfalls and how to handle them, as well as necessary skills like bluffing, semi-bluffing, ante stealing, seat and table selections, and casino money management.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780818406355
Publisher:	Kensington
Publication date:	11/01/2003
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.61(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	ix
	Acknowledgments	xiii
Chapter 1	7-Card Stud Basics	1
	Introduction	1
	Poker Words and Phrases	2
	Why Play 7-Card Stud?	5
	Basic Rules of the Game	8
	How Casino Games Differ from Home Games	13
	Casino "Players"	27
	Different Casino Rules	29
	First Time in a Casino	32
Chapter 2	Winning Basic Strategy	40
	Introduction	40
	Starting Strategy	40
	Seat Selection	48
	Basic Strategy for 7-Card Stud	53
	Strategy Variations for Spread Limit Games	84
	Predictability	88
	Tells	90
	Image and Attitude	94
	Dealing with Losses	96
	Money Management	103
	Staying Too Long	105
	Buying In	107
	At What Level Should You Start?	109
	Keeping Records	109
	Poker Thinking	111
Chapter 3	Deception	115
	Deceptive Poker Moves	116
	Summary	137
Chapter 4	Putting People on Hands	139
	Remembering Cards	139
	Giveaway Tells	145
	Summary	152
Chapter 5	Expanding Your Repertoire	154
	Playing More Hands	154
	Two Wrongs Can Make a Right	166
	Drafting and Poker	169
	Playing in Different Types of Games	171
	Playing in Poker Tournaments	179
Chapter 6	General Poker Concepts	189
	Psychology: Getting Your Mind Right to Win	189
	Psychology: Ego	193
	The Rake	195
	Odds and Ends	199
	Random Thoughts and Observations	207
	Taking It to the Next Level	208
	A Plan for Moving Up	209
	Poker Quiz	215
	Bibliography	231
	Glossary	237
	Index	245
	About the Author	253