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(Baseball is most
often played in seven card stud-see below.) Five-card stud is played
with all nines wild; any three in the hole is wild; any player who
is dealt a three face up must either drop or pay to the pot as many
chips as are already in the pot, and in the latter case his facing
three is wild; and any player who is dealt a four face up is immediately
given an additional face-up card by the dealer.
In the showdown a player with more than five cards selects any five
to be his hand.
How to play: Even though there are only five cards in each hand
(plus possible "extra" cards), the rank of hands runs
very high because there are eight potential wild cards. All computations
should be based on the assumption that a player who has stayed in
during the early stages has a joker in the hole.
In deciding whether or not to match the pot, one must judge the
odds carefully. Do not match the pot unless you are an odds-on favorite
to win the hand.
Always credit an opponent who has stayed late in the hand with a
joker in the hole.
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