2. Each person puts up an agreed amount by way of ante. As a matter of convenience, it is frequently arranged that each player in turn puts in for all. To avoid dispute as to whose turn it may be a pocket-knife, known as the "buck," is passed round, resting with the player whose turn it is to "chip" for the remainder. Having done his duty, he passes the buck to his neighbour on the left, who chips for the next deal, and passes the buck to his next neighbour, and so on in rotation.
3. The elder hand, or "Age," has no privilege.
4. The deal passes, not in rotation, but to the player who takes the pool.
5. Any player may "pass," and come in again, unless some other player has raised in the meantime, in which case he is excluded.
6. If all pass, or if there is a misdeal, there is a fresh contribution to the pool, and the elder hand deals. The pool is then known as a "double header."
In all other respects (as to raising, seeing, &c.), the game is played precisely as Draw Poker.
Stud Poker.
This is a special form of Straight Poker. Its essential difference is that one card only of each
hand is dealt face downwards, the remaining four being dealt face upwards. Of course, the value of the hand depends in great degree on the nature of the concealed card. The players, beginning with the elder hand, make their stakes, raise, &c., as at the ordinary game, till either all but one have passed out, or some player decides to "see" his adversaries. The concealed cards are then turned up, and the strongest hand takes the pool.