Stud Showdown
Five-card casino stud with one dealer card face up.
Five-card casino stud with one dealer card face up. Play Stud Showdown online with five-card hands, raise or fold, dealer qualification. Free virtual chips, no purchases, prizes, download, or player login.
Rules & game details ↓How to play
Stud Showdown
The full game uses free virtual chips. Any currency symbol inside a demo represents a simulated balance.
1. Read the exposed dealer card
Place an Ante of free chips and deal. You receive five cards and can see one card from the dealer’s five-card hand. There is no draw or replacement-card step.
2. Raise or Fold
Choose Raise to add two times the Ante, or Fold to surrender the Ante. Compare the cost of continuing with the hand you already hold.
3. Compare qualified hands
The dealer needs ace-king high or better to qualify. A winning Raise follows the hand-value table. Read the different Ante and Raise results in the publisher’s rules.
About this version
Stud Showdown is DiceGem’s five-card dealer stud game. Its rules follow a Caribbean-style casino-stud structure, with one exposed dealer card and a two-times-Ante raise. This version has no progressive side bet.
Something to try
Separate the qualification question from the hand comparison. The visible dealer card does not tell you whether the full dealer hand will qualify.
Can I exchange cards in Stud Showdown?
No. The decision is whether to Raise or Fold the five cards you were dealt. There is no discard or draw step.
Do I need an account to play?
No. The game opens on this page without a player login. Casino chips are virtual and cannot be purchased or redeemed.