WSOP Tournament Game Rules: Seven Card Games Procedures + 5 card draw variants

Seven Card Stud Games

• In Seven Card Stud games, players receive a total of seven cards (three down cards and four up cards).
• Maximum number of players is 8, with one additional player seated at the Final Table (max 9 players).

Bringing-In

• The bring-in is announced by the dealer, e.g., "Deuce of Diamonds".
• If a player asks "How much?", the dealer will provide the option to bring-in for one amount or complete for a higher amount.

Short Stub

• When dealing to 4 or more players, the dealer counts the number of players remaining and adds two to that number.
• The dealer then counts the remaining cards in the deck stub and determines if there are enough cards to complete 7th street.
• If there are not enough cards, the dealer may use the burn cards to create a new stub.

Exposed Seventh Street (Final Down Card)

• If seventh street is dealt face-up, all remaining players will receive seventh street face-up.
• In Stud, high board has first action, and in Razz, low board has first action.

Card Exposed - Delivered with Action Incomplete

• If a card is exposed during 4th, 5th, or 6th streets, the dealer will:
  1. Place the exposed card in front of the dealer tray.
  2. Finish dealing the round.
  3. Complete betting action.
  4. Deal one card face down for each player remaining.
  5. Burn, then deal remaining streets as normal.

Dead Hands and Mucking in Stud

• In stud poker, if a player picks up their up-cards while facing action, the hand is dead.
• Proper mucking in stud is turning down all up-cards and pushing them all forward face down.

All-In for the Ante

• When a player is all-in for the ante, the next player in rotation will be directed to either post the bring-in or make the completion to the full bet.

Undeclared Raise in Seven Card Stud Structure

• If a player throws in chips without declaration, it is considered a call of the bring-in.
• The player must then complete the wager to the full bet.

Razz (7-Card Stud, Low Only)

• The highest card showing by rank and suit will be the bring-in.
• The player with the lowest hand on board will initiate action.
• The Ace always plays as a low card in Razz.

Seven Card Stud (High Only)

• The lowest card showing by rank and suit will be the initial bring-in.
• The player with the lowest card has the option to post the bring-in bet or complete to a full bet.

Seven Card Stud 8 or Better

• The game is dealt the same as 7-Card Stud with the following exceptions:
  • The dealer announces new pairs and the high hand for each round.
  • To qualify for a low, a player must have five individual cards with a value of eight or below.

Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo Regular

• The game is played as Razz from third street through the betting round of seventh street.

• At showdown, the lowest hand will split the pot with the highest hand shown.### Omaha Hi/Lo Split 8 or Better

• Each player receives 9 cards (4 down cards and 5 community cards)

• Can be played with 2-10 players

• Objective: Make the best 5-card high hand and/or the best 5-card low hand using only 3 of the board cards and 2 down cards

• Different two-card combinations can be used for high and low hands

• In heads-up, the dealer leaves the bets in front of the players until showdown

Big O Five Card Omaha

• Each player receives 10 cards (5 down cards and 5 community cards)
• Can be played with 7 or less players
• Betting structures: Limit or Pot Limit
• In tournaments, "Big O" is played as pot limit 8 or better
• In live action, verify with the table plaque

Short Deck

• Each player receives 7 cards (2 down cards and 5 community cards)
• Betting structure: No-Limit
• Objective: Make the best 5-card high hand using any combination of the 7 cards
• Can play the 5 board cards (e.g., straight, flush, or full house on board)
• Played with 6-9 players
• Deck consists of 36 cards (Twos, Threes, Fours, and Fives removed)
• Rank of hands: Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four of a Kind, Flush, Full House, Straight, Three of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair, High Card

Draw Games

• Lowball games: A-5 and 2-7
• A-5: Lowest possible hand is 5-4-3-2-A; Aces are Low; straight or flush may qualify as a winning hand
• 2-7: Lowest possible hand is 7-5-4-3-2; Aces are High only; straights and flushes are primarily high hands but not necessarily invalid
• Betting structures: Limit or No-Limit
• The dealer deals the first card to the first "live" player directly following the dealer button (Small Blind position)
• Live Action games: ALL exposed cards will be replaced

Lowball Hybrids

• ADUCI and BADUCI are split pot games that combine BADUGI with either Deuce-to-Seven or Ace-to-Five Lowball
• All draw Lowball rules apply to these games
• In Lowball Hybrids, the pot is stacked/split after the third drawing round has been completed

Badaci and Baduecey

• 5-Card Triple Draw games
• Badaci: Pot is split between the best Badugi hand and the best Ace-to-Five hand
• Baduecey: Pot is split between the best Badugi hand (excluding the Ace) and the best Deuce-to-Seven hand
• 6 players maximum
• Check raising with a perfect hand is permitted

Draw Games - Quick Reference

• Badacey: A split pot between A/5 Lowball and Badugi
• Baduecey: A split pot between 2/7 Lowball and Badugi

Tournament Rules

• ALL exposed cards, while drawing the initial hand, will be replaced
• The second exposed card on the initial deal will constitute a misdeal
• Dealers should not burn and start to deal cards until all players have, in turn, placed their discards forward or gestured they are not discarding (standing pat)
• After ALL players have placed their discards, dealers will announce the number of discards for ALL players prior to the delivery of draw cards to the first player
• Draw cards are never pitched; the proper procedure is Push-Pull only
• Burn cards always remain on the table under the chips until a winner has been determined and the pot is pushed