What is "stud poker"

n. (context poker English) Any of several versions of poker in which some cards are dealt face-down and some face-up.

n. poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt [syn: stud]

Stud poker is any of a number of poker variants in which each player receives a mix of face-down and face-up cards dealt in multiple betting rounds. Stud games are also typically non-positional games, meaning that the player who bets first on each round may change from round to round (it is usually the player whose face-up cards make the best hand for the game being played). The cards dealt face down to each individual player are called hole cards (which gave rise to the common English expression ace in the hole, which suggests that one has something valuable that is not apparent to others).