Highest hand wins || Ace plays both high and low for straights || Three raise limit per round || Cards speak

That means that the Highest hand of a five-card combination wins out of the seven cards dealt to players. Ace can play both as a start for a straight, like Ace to five straight, or at the top, like ten to Ace straight. Three-raise limit per round is the limit betting structure. Finally ‘cards speak’ refers to the rule of who must start the betting after the antes were collected from all players.

7 Card Stud - Card Distribution and Betting Procedure

Example: $2/$4 Seven Card Stud games. After all players have anted $.25 or so, (1.) Each player is dealt two cards face down and one face up. The player with the lowest up card makes an forced bet of either $1 half minimum bet or $2 full bet (player's choice) to start the game. The rest of the players, in clockwise order, either call the opening bet, raise it, or not call and "fold" their hands back to the dealer. (2.) All get a fourth card face up followed by a round of $2 betting. From this round on, the player with the highest up card(s) is always first to check or bet. (3.) After the fifth card is dealt face up, the minimum bet goes to $4. (4.) The sixth card is dealt face up and there is another round of $4 betting. (5.) The seventh and last card is dealt face down and followed by the final round of $4 betting. The dealer then determines the highest hand and awards the pot.