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Fourplay Poker Rules

This is a variant of 7 Card Stud and the game is played with between three and ten players. All facets about the game are the same as 7 Card Stud except this game will introduce wild cards to the deck, which are used to spice things up. The game is very popular within the United States and makes for interesting games (and large hands) as the wild cards that the game incorporates.

Throughout the game, all fours are considered wild cards (in case you hadn't guessed already, in that they can represent any card which assist you in making the strongest possible hand available, from the board cards dealt. The game can be very wild as the addition of these wild cards means that players hit large hands far more frequently that you would in a standard 7 Card Stud game.

As such, hands lower down the pecking order, such as pairs and two pair are not often enough to win the pot as the game sees a huge amount of Flushes, Straights, Full Houses and better (see hand rankings).

As with any game, when wild cards are added, you should adjust your game, in particular your starting hand requirements. The reason for this is that your starting hands will be considerably devalued with the addition of these wild cards and it will be easier for your opponents to turn over your hand and take down the pot. Disguising a hand will be far easier, especially where the wild card is held in your down cards.

With the exception of the wild cards, the game and betting structure is no different from Seven Stud - to recap how to play the game, please visit our Seven Card Stud guide.

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