When Texas Hold’em became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, stud fell out of favor for many players, especially the newer, younger audience. Seven-card stud remained in vogue throughout most of the 1800s and 1900s as one of the prominent forms of poker played in casinos, saloons, and riverboats, and at home. Five-card stud poker was the first stud game, but seven-card stud emerged as a more popular variation due to the higher number of betting rounds and hand possibilities. Stud poker is a card game in which some cards are dealt face-down and others face-up, and the game became popular in North America during the American Revolutionary War.
