What is Soko?

[KSOT]

I saw it on the B2B network. Looks like 5 card stud with the 5th street face up. Is that all there is to it? Where did the game originate?

[mpanzer]

It is like you described - Canadian Stud - but with 2 additional hands, 4-straight and 4-flush. Both beat a single pair, in that order. It seems it is mostly played in Skandinavia - probably it is Swedish in its origin, as long as its called Sökö - just a guess though.
Here are the rules and hand ranking:
http://www.unibet.com/punter/index.j...&game=soko

[KSOT]

Thanks a lot.

5-card Stud is known as Canadian Stud? Interesting.

[Tom Bayes]

The game being played at B2B is 5 card stud with 4-straights and 4-flushes beating one pair, but losing to two pair. This variation of 5 card stud tends to promote more action in the game.

This game is popular in Scandanavia, particularly Finland, and is called Sökö (I believe this is a Finnish word). B2B spreads this game due to the fact that they are based in Sweden and most of their player base comes from the Scandanavian and Baltic countries. At least on the B2B network, the game is played either pot-limit or half pot-limit with the high card making the bring-in.

This same game (5 card stud with 4-straights and 4-flushes) is often called "Canadian Stud" in the US and "Sousem" by Canadians.

[KSOT]

So 5 stud is always 1 down and 4 up?

[Swede]

It's a nasty 'lil game where one pair wins a lot. Huge swings with pots over 50BB almost every single hand. No real strategy is to be found besides jamming it with good hands such as buried pairs, (A)A2, etc etc. Good luck m8. I play it if I can find a table of tards(and that is everyday) who will gamble with me as a 2 to 5 dog I'd go for it.

[mpanzer]

Tom, here in Brasil Canadian Stud is just 5-card Stud - no 4-cards hands at all. It is also known as 'Poquer Aberto' which means something like 'Open-[cards] Poker'. And yes, the last card is always faced up, just the first is faced down.
We also have a variant in which you can face-up your card just before the next round of deal - in that case you'll receive the next card faced-down.

[Tom Bayes]

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We also have a variant in which you can face-up your card just before the next round of deal - in that case you'll receive the next card faced-down.

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I've played this version-it's usually called "Roll Your Own" or "Mexican Stud".

[fnord_too]

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We also have a variant in which you can face-up your card just before the next round of deal - in that case you'll receive the next card faced-down.

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I've played this version-it's usually called "Roll Your Own" or "Mexican Stud".

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Roll your own is where you get each card down and pick the one you flip up. Here the choice to flip the card up is made before you know what your down card will be.

[Tom Bayes]

You are right, I didn't carefully read mpanzer's description.