Before there was Texas Hold’em, there was Seven Card Stud. Once the most popular poker game around the world, the game is still considered by many today to be poker in its purest form and the game of choice for many high-limit players. The primary difference between Seven Card Stud and either Hold'em or Omaha is that there are no community cards in the form of a "flop", "turn" or "river." In Stud players are dealt their own respective seven cards during the course of the hand, and utilize the best five-card combination to determine the winner(s).