stud poker

noun

, Cards.

1. a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in the first round and one card face up in each of the next four rounds, each of the last four rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare seven-card stud.
2. any similar variety of poker.

stud poker

noun

1. a variety of poker in which the first card is dealt face down before each player and the next four are dealt face up ( five-card stud ) or in which the first two cards and the last card are dealt face down and the intervening four cards are dealt face up ( seven-card stud ), with bets made after each round Often shortened tostud

Word History and Origins

Origin of stud poker¹

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Word History and Origins

Origin of stud poker¹

C19: from stud ² + poker ²

Example Sentences

The title of Wilder’s film is taken from stud poker and refers to Tatum’s search for the competitive edge in the ruthless game of selling news to the public.

From The Guardian

An upstart card shark has a marathon game with the king of stud poker in 1930s New Orleans.

From Los Angeles Times

But when I started to play seven-card stud poker, I found myself in a fishbowl of piranhas feeding off one another, borrowing money and stiffing debts.

From BBC

Some nights when Shorty was playing, I would take whatever Sophia had been able to get for me, and I’d try to ran it up into something, playing stud poker at John Hughes’ gambling house.

From Literature

As our executive education students ponder what aspects of new product development are concealed by the stud poker metaphor, they usually point out that: New product development is not necessarily a zero-sum game.

From Inc