drock3800 asked:
I’ve always enjoyed 5 card stud, but have never really understood the nitty gritty (”blinds”, etc). Any help would be appreciated!
Randy
I’ve always enjoyed 5 card stud, but have never really understood the nitty gritty (”blinds”, etc). Any help would be appreciated!
Randy
Tags: Blinds, Card Stud Poker, Rules Poker
Blinds are needed to start the pot blinds rotate it all depends on who is the dealer with a big blind you can check with small you choose to call or fold
Blinds are antes put in to make sure at least 2 players play a hand. A large blind is anted by the player to the dealer’s right and can be any amount, let’s say $5. The next right player antes a small blind, which is half the large blind, in this case, $2.50. Being forced to pay a blind allows you to play a hand with not so good cards. It prevents everyone from folding and wasting time.
The blinds are there to spur action. In a game without blinds, the dealer deals all the cards, and if each person “checks”, the dealer gets an unfair advantage, because now he knows that no one feels good about their cards and can open with a large bet to scare off the most, if not all of them.
Now with a mandatory blind, the dealer does not have that advantage. He may call, raise or fold, but he is not the last one to do so in the initial round of betting. He runs the risk of being beat as the two following him have the option of calling, raising or folding, but at least there will be some action.
The last two answers were very good in answering your question, and I was wondering if you also meant what it meant to be “small blind versus big blind”. If everyone else folds, you have two people still in the pot that have put in money: the small blind and the big blind. Since there is very little in the pot, it’s often not worth the risk to gamble for such a small pot. Because of this, gentlemanly card players wil often offer the big blind the option of “chopping”, which means the small blind is telling the big blind, let’s call it a draw, and I’ll take back my small blind and you take back your big blind, we’ll save it for the next hand. Usually, the big blind will take the offer, the two blinds pull back their money, and the dealer moves to the left.
Hope all this helps you out!
Good Luck! 74
Stud has no blinds, everyone pays the same anti