Have A Heart
Seven card stud is one of the most popular poker game, whether inside casinos, online sites or even at homes. And due to the excessive popularity of poker games everywhere, players became more inventive and creative by devising a home game variant of stud poker in the form of Have a Heart. Basically, the game follows the general form of stud poker, only with a twist to add more fun and excitement in the game.
So how does a game of Have a Heart starts? Just like a seven-card stud game, Have a Heart players are dealt with two face down cards at the beginning of each game, then four succeeding face up cards and for the final piece of card to be given by the dealer, a face down card again. A series of betting will begin after the second face down card has been dealt starting from the player seating to the dealer’s left. He can either check, call, raise or fold early in the game based from the card he is holding. Betting and card-dealings are done in between until a total of seven cards has already been laid down.
The twist in Have a Heart comes when any player gets to be dealt a face up Heart card in their hand. Getting a heart means that the player has the option of taking any face up card from any of their opponents. The player possessing a Heart card does not necessarily need to discard their Heart card and this goes the same for the player whose card has been taken. But they could also opt to not take a card from their opponent if they believe that their hand is actually good enough. When the final round comes, taking cards will not be permitted anymore since the last card to be dealt are facing down now. After the last betting round has been done, players may now reveal their hands to find out which has the best hand to win the pot.