stud poker
noun Cards.
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.
any similar variety of poker.
Origin of stud poker
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
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British Dictionary definitions for stud poker
stud poker
noun
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 to: stud
Word Origin for stud poker
C19: from
stud ² +
poker ²