Roll Your Own
A Seven-Card Stud variant dealt entirely face down, where players — not the dealer — choose which of their own cards to expose on each street.
Coming soon — not yet playable
Rules
Roll Your Own is dealt using the standard Seven-Card Stud pattern (two down cards and one up card to start, then a card each on fourth through sixth street, plus a final down card on seventh street) — but every card is dealt face down.
On each street, rather than the dealer automatically turning the newest card face up, each player chooses which one of their own currently-hidden cards to expose (their newest one, or an earlier one they'd rather reveal instead), then a betting round follows as usual.
Showdown proceeds as in standard stud, using each player's best five-card hand from their seven cards.
Strategy notes: Because players control their own information disclosure, Roll Your Own rewards deliberately misleading opponents about hand strength — a player might expose a low card early while holding a hidden pair, or expose a card that looks threatening while actually holding little, changing the entire "reading the board" skill that standard stud relies on.
Common house rules
Must expose exactly one card per street
Standard rule: on each street where stud would normally deal an up-card, the player must choose exactly one of their own hidden cards to reveal — they cannot decline to expose a card or expose more than one.
Try Mississippi Mud for the hi-lo version
Mississippi Mud (also in this library) uses this same self-exposure mechanic but splits the pot hi-lo — a natural next step for a table that enjoys Roll Your Own.
Bring-in still applies
As in standard stud, the lowest exposed card after third street's reveal is typically still required to post the forced bring-in bet, even though which card gets exposed was the player's own choice.
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