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Sequence is seven-card stud with a moving wild card. When a two is dealt face up, twos become wild; if a three is later dealt face up, threes replace twos as the wild rank, and the wild card keeps climbing one rank at a time as each next-higher card appears face up. The best high hand wins, using whatever rank is wild at showdown.
Sequence is played with a standard 52-card deck without jokers. It follows the rules of seven-card stud except as stated on this page.
The object is to hold the best five-card hand at showdown, using the rank that is wild at that point, or to be the last player remaining.
A wild card may stand for any card. With wild cards in play, five of a kind is possible and ranks above a straight flush. See hand rankings.
Each player places an agreed ante. The cards are dealt and bet exactly as in seven-card stud.
| Stage | Cards dealt to each player | Betting round |
|---|---|---|
| Third street | Two down, one up | First |
| Fourth street | One up | Second |
| Fifth street | One up | Third |
| Sixth street | One up | Fourth |
| Seventh street | One down | Fifth and last |
At the start of the deal no card is wild.
When a two is dealt face up to any player, all twos become wild, including twos dealt face down.
While twos are wild, if a three is dealt face up, twos stop being wild and all threes become wild instead. While threes are wild, a face-up four makes fours wild instead, and so on up the ranks.
Only the rank one above the current wild rank can move the wild card. Upcards of any other rank have no effect on it, and other upcards dealt in between do not interrupt the sequence.
The sequence must start with a two. A three dealt face up before any two has appeared does nothing, and if a two appears later, twos become wild, not threes.
Only face-up cards move the wild card. Cards dealt face down never change which rank is wild.
Upcards are taken in the order they are dealt, around the table and from one street to the next.
Following the sequence
The upcards are dealt in this order: 4♣2♠J♦3♥6♣5♦4♠.
The first four does nothing, because no two has appeared. The two of spades makes twos wild. The jack changes nothing. The three of hearts makes threes wild, and twos stop being wild. The six and the five change nothing, because the next rank needed is a four. The four of spades makes fours wild.
If no five is dealt face up later, fours are wild at showdown, including the four of clubs dealt at the start and any fours in players' hole cards.
After the final betting round, the remaining players show their hands. The rank that is wild at that moment applies to every player's cards.
The best high hand wins the pot. Identical hands split the pot equally.
If no two was dealt face up during the hand, there are no wild cards and the game is settled as ordinary seven-card stud.
Nothing at first. A two dealt face up makes twos wild. After that, each time the next-higher rank is dealt face up, that rank becomes wild instead. Only one rank is wild at a time.
No. Other upcards can come between them. What matters is that the ranks appear face up in rising order: a two, later a three, later a four, and so on.
Face-down cards never move the wild card, but a face-down card of the wild rank is wild.
Where any doubt remains in the application of this document, Rob is right.
Hand rankings, high to low: royal flush · straight flush · four of a kind · full house · flush · straight · three of a kind · two pair · one pair · high card. Suits never break ties.
Sequence Rules · OPR-709 · officialpokerrules.com/sequence/