7 Card Stud is unlike the flop games of Hold’em and Omaha in that each player holds his or her own unique hand, and although several cards are exposed from each hand, there are no “community cards” shared by all.

The goal of each player is to win the pot, which contains all the bets that the players have made in any one deal. A player makes a bet in hopes that they have the best hand or they want to get the best hand to fold so they can win the pot.
Seven-card stud is a poker game played with two face down poker cards and one upcard dealt before the first betting round, followed by three more upcards (with a betting round after each card). After the last downcard is dealt, there is a final round of betting. The best five-card poker hand wins the pot.
Seven card stud is generally a game with a maximum of 8 players, however there are some venues that will play 9 or 10 handed however different rules are made for those variations of the poker game.

To start each player must post an ante, at this point the dealer will deal 2 face down poker cards and 1 face up poker card to each player. (Usually starting the deal at the #1 seat & ending at the #8 seat).
The player that has the lowest up poker card is forced to post an opening bet, and from that point the following players must either fold, call or raise to continue playing the hand.

After action is completed for the first 3 cards, 4th street is now dealt to all players. On 4th street the player that starts the action is the player with the Highest up cards. For example if player 1 has A7, player 2 has KQ, Player 3 has A4, and player 4 has 33, It is now up to player 4 to check or bet, then the player to the left can then take action and so forth until all players have completed an action. Now the dealer deals 5th street poker cards, again the dealer will deal from left to right poker cards facing up, and again the player with the highest face up poker cards will start the action for that betting round, after all actions are completed the dealer will again deal poker cards face up to the players, this is now called “6th street”. The betting or checking will start with the player that has the highest face up poker cards and will end after all action is completed. Now the dealer will deal the final poker card to all players face down, this is called 7th street, at this point all players will have 4 poker cards face up and 3 poker cards face down. The betting/checking will again start with the player that has the highest up cards, some players may fold/call or raise. When all the action is completed, the player with the best 5 card poker hand is the winner and will be awarded the pot.