Is Stud dead?

[PoorLawyer]

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Have you ever watched stud on TV? They should it during the last WSOP it was like watching paint dry. Even my friends who love the WSOP hated that episode, there are too many nuances to the game for the whole 'it takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to master' crowd.

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I think they did a really poor job of it too though. They kept shifting around the cards to put them in hand rank order so you could not tell which were the hole cards. The announcers also sucked because they probably don't know much about the game.

[kschellenger]

And, if I may add and recall correctly, it was Ted Forrest and Chad Brown (I may be wrong) and they aren't exactly compelling people to watch. It's hard to like either one and it's hard to dislike either one. If ESPN broadcasted a stud table consisting of some interesting people like Phil Ivey, Phil Helmuth, Dan Harrington, kschellenger, etc it would be interesting to watch just to see who wins and what is said at the table.

[EightStuda]

Stud isn't dead, but it is dying. No point in diversifying your game other than for entertainment purposes.

-Dimitri

[Jeffage]

There is serious money to be made at middle and high limit stud on the east coast. For online, I tend to agree with you.

Jeff

[donkeyradish]

I don't honestly understand why anyone would prefer say, Low Limit Holdem to Stud. I find LLH is tedious by comparison and Stud is much easier to make money at. Am I alone in this?

No Limit Holdem on the other hand, thats a really good game.