Bad beat stud

Abstract

Each player makes an initial ante wager and then each player and the dealer receive five cards face down. The player makes a 'first' wager to see a sixth card and a 'second' wager to see a seventh card. The sixth and seventh cards are each community cards used by each player and the dealer. Each player's hand is analyzed to see if the player has a qualifying hand of at least a pair of Deuces or better. If the player does not qualify, all wagers are lost by the player. If the player's hand does qualify, all cards of the dealer's hand are turned face up and each player's hand is compared to the dealer's hand using conventional poker hand ranking to determined whether the player's hand has a higher ranking five card poker hand than the dealer's hand. Each player also optionally may make a side bet wager to be eligible for special payouts, including a 'bad beat' payout. The special payout can take either of two forms: 1) the player wins preselected payout amounts for poker hand rankings of at least a Four-of-a-Kind if the player's hand beats or ties the dealer's hand, or 2) the player wins other preselected and much higher amounts for poker hand rankings of at least a Straight or higher that the player achieves but the player's hand loses to the dealer's hand. Alternatively, the dealer's hand is analyzed to determine whether the dealer has a qualifying hand.