5 Card Stud
Game Rules
5 Card Stud puts you face-to-face with the dealer in a five-card showdown. You're armed with full information on your hand before you commit, you see one dealer card as intel, and if you raise and win, the ranked pay table delivers 100:1 on the Play bet for a Royal Flush. This is high-ceiling poker action with a single decision standing between you and the payout.
- Post your Ante and the deal begins. Five cards to you, one dealer card face-up for reading - their other four stay hidden.
- Read the board: your five cards versus the one dealer card you can see. Decide your move based on hand strength and dealer upcard.
- Raise with a 2x Play bet to stay in the fight. Fold and cut your losses if your hand is weak - you only lose the Ante.
- The dealer opens their hand. Ace-King minimum to qualify. No qualification - your Ante pays 1:1, Play bet returns. Simple win.
- Qualified dealer? Hands are compared. Win and both your Ante and Play bets pay out - Play bet at the progressive rate based on your hand rank.
- Chase the Royal Flush. It pays 100:1 on the Play bet at full published rate. Straight Flush is 50:1. Four of a Kind is 20:1. Every hand has upside when the dealer qualifies. Millionaire Mode is a paid $1 Royal Spades side bet that runs alongside the round; it does not reduce your main 5 Card Stud payouts.
Starting another deal, or scheduled cleanup once a paid hand is more than 24 hours old, folds your unfinished hand: your ante is lost, while eligible side bets and Millionaire prizes are still paid.
The $1,000,000 Jackpot
$1 per round. Main payouts full.
Six top spades, checked every round. 6 hits = $1,000,000.
5 = $5,000. 4 = $325. 3 = $20. 2 = $2. 0-1 = nothing.
Jackpot funded and ready every round.
Ways to Win
Dealer qualifies on A-K. Raise for the big multipliers. Four side bets stack. Royal Spades for the million.
Main
| Bet | Payout |
|---|---|
| Ante / Raise | 1:1 / up to 100:1 |
Side bets
| Bet | Payout | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Combined Six | 7:1 to 1000:1 | Best 5-card poker hand made from your original 5 cards plus the dealer's up card. Paytable: Royal Flush 1000:1, Straight Flush 200:1, Four of a Kind 100:1, Full House 20:1, Flush 15:1, Straight 10:1, Three of a Kind 7:1. |
| Colour Bonus | 17:1 / 35:1 | All 5 original cards share the same colour. Pays more when they are also the same suit. Paytable: Flush (all 5 same suit) 35:1, Same Colour (all 5 red or all 5 black) 17:1. |
| Royal Edge | 1:1 to 20,000:1 | More face cards (J/Q/K) means a bigger win. Four matching Jacks, Queens or Kings plus another face card pays the top prize. Paytable: Royal Quads (4 of one face rank + another face card) 20,000:1, All Face (any 5 J / Q / K) 1,500:1, Four Face (4 face cards) 20:1, Three Face (3 face cards) 1:1. |
| All Even | 30:1 to 14,000:1 | All 5 original cards are even-rank (2/4/6/8/10/Q). Pays more when they share colour or suit. Paytable: Suited (all 5 same suit) 14,000:1, Coloured (all 5 red or all 5 black) 500:1, Mixed Colour (any 5 even) 30:1. |
Millionaire Mode
| Bet | Payout | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Spades ($1) | $1,000,000 max | Each round the selected card sample is checked for the six top spades (9, 10, J, Q, K, A of spades). 6 hits $1,000,000, 5 hits $5,000, 4 hits $325, 3 hits $20, 2 hits $2, 0-1 hits no payout. Main payouts unchanged. |
Hotkeys and Settings
Hotkey it.
Settings
- Sound off.
- Effects on.
- Voices hype.
- Voice Pack pick.
- Instant Bet on.
- Speed Fast.
- Show Tips off.
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Deal / Raise. |
| F | Fold. |
| Q / E | Halve / double. |
| M / I | Mute / Instant. |
| ,./ | Speed. |
Play Styles
Manual. A-K is the fold line.
Manual
Deal, decide, settle.
Replay Any Spin
Your own replays
History holds every hand.
Shared replays
Share link.
What gets reproduced
Same cards, same outcome.
Winning Strategies
5 Card Stud strategy is about information leverage. You see all five of your cards and one dealer card before committing your 2x raise. Use that intel. Pair or better is an automatic raise - no hesitation. Ace-King? A matching dealer card alone is not enough to justify a raise. Fold the trash quickly and move to the next hand.
The pay table is why you play 5 Card Stud. Qualify against the dealer with a Full House and your Play bet pays 7:1. Straight Flush pays 50:1. Royal Flush - the absolute peak - delivers 100:1 on the Play bet. That's real money at real stakes. A $25 Ante means a $50 Play bet and a Royal Flush payout of $5,000 on the Play bet. This game has ceiling.
Protect your bankroll by keeping Ante sizes measured. The 2x raise means you're always committing 3x total when you call. One losing session at oversized stakes can hurt. Keep Antes at 1-2% of session bankroll so you can weather a dealer qualification streak and stay in the game for the big hands.
Millionaire Mode is a paid $1 Royal Spades side bet that runs alongside the round; it does not reduce your main 5 Card Stud payouts. A spades Royal Flush in your five cards puts five of the six target spades on the board; if the dealer's upcard is the 9♠, the six-card pool completes all six and the dollar side bet pays the million. The Play bet adds its own 100:1 Royal Flush payout on top whenever the dealer qualifies.
Provably Fair Gaming
5 Card Stud runs on SHA-256 provably fair technology - every ten-card deal is cryptographically locked before a single card appears. Server seed committed, hash published. Check the revealed server seed against that hash. Each deal follows that seed, your recorded client seed and nonce. This is math, not trust.
End your session and every hand becomes fully auditable. The server seed is revealed, your client seed is on record, and every deal can be reconstructed using the published algorithm. Pull up any hand, run the verification, see the exact same ten-card sequence that was dealt. Zero ambiguity, zero room for manipulation.
Millionaire Mode is a paid $1 Royal Spades side bet that runs alongside the round; it does not reduce your main 5 Card Stud payouts. Disclosed at session end, fully verifiable from a single seed set. 5 Card Stud at WickedBet is one of the most transparent poker variants in the crypto space.
The server seed is shared by rounds in a session and is not revealed after each round. Use Reveal Server Seed in Fairness to end the session and reveal the seed for its rounds.
Frequently Asked Questions
What side bets can I stack on top of 5 Card Stud?
Four side bets: Combined Six, Colour Bonus, Royal Edge, All Even. Stack on top of your main bet. Each settles on its own.
Why should I play 5 Card Stud?
5 Card Stud is a five-card, one-decision poker showdown against the dealer. See your full hand, see one dealer card, raise or fold. Win with a qualifying dealer and collect from a pay table that pays 100:1 on the Play bet for a Royal Flush. Millionaire Mode is a paid $1 Royal Spades side bet that runs alongside the round; it does not reduce your main 5 Card Stud payouts. Maximum ceiling, maximum drama.
How do I trigger the $1,000,000 jackpot in 5 Card Stud?
$1 per round. Main payouts full. Six top spades, checked every round. 6 hits = $1,000,000. 5 = $5,000, 4 = $325, 3 = $20, 2 = $2.
How does provably fair work in 5 Card Stud?
SHA-256 provably fair - server seed committed before the session, hash published immediately, full reveal at session end. Ten cards determined before you see one. Audit any hand using the published Fisher-Yates algorithm with revealed seeds. Millionaire Mode is a paid $1 Royal Spades side bet that runs alongside the round; it does not reduce your main 5 Card Stud payouts. This is what fair looks like.
What cryptos can I bet with on 5 Card Stud?
Crypto in - the cashier lists the coins. Play 5 Card Stud in the currency you choose and win in it too. Cash-outs go on-chain to a wallet you nominate.
What is the best strategy to win big at 5 Card Stud?
Raise every pair or better. Fold anything less than Ace-King. Ace-King? A matching dealer card alone is not enough to justify a raise. Aggressive Ante sizing and correct raise/fold execution - that's the 5 Card Stud formula.
