Best book for learning 7stud?

[dandy_don]

It really depends on the stakes you are planning to start in. Many players that have played HE and/or Omaha for years may be able to comprehend principles of stud much easier than others. If you understand solid poker practices and plan on playing anything other than small stakes right away, 7CSFAP is what you should read.

If you are going to start in lower stakes and have to learn from scratch, then read:
1. Seven Card Stud by Ashley Adams
2. The Stud Section in Super System
3. Play a few thousand hands
4. SCSFAP (upon moving up in stakes)
5. 7CS (oringinally titled The Elements of 7CS) by K. Orthmer. This is more of a mathematical text book that breaks down each playable hand using a great deal of statistics, charts and graphs that will be difficult to digest for most. For example, one chapter may be titled "4th street" and the different sections within the chapter will break down each possible playing hand such as "premium pairs" or "4 flushes" against a varying number of opponent's hands.

dandy

[jamazon]

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Hi disjunction:

What I've written is that excellent stud players have a higher standard deviation than excellent hold 'em players, while bad stud players have a smaller standard deviation than bad hold 'em players.

Best wishes,
Mason

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[kidpokeher]

How does "Championship Stud" by Max Stern and Linda Johnson rate? Good? Bad? Awful?

[berya]

I think 7CSFAP is the way to go if you plan on playing any middle limit stud and higher. I also think that if you find difficult to remember the folded upcards in stud this game is not for you and you should try omaha.