One of the oldest and most popular of all poker games, 7-Card Stud is a fixed-limit game for 2-8 players. The play and betting format is very different to Hold’em but don’t let that put you off – it’s one of the purest and most exciting games around.

The first major difference is that you get seven cards – three dealt face down and four dealt face up. To start everyone pays an ante into the pot (usually 1/4 of the lower limit, so in a £1-£2 game it would be 25p). Then you receive two cards face down and one face up (the door card).