In most Seven Card Stud tournaments you play against 60% of newbie’s to the game. This is a nice thing to know in Texas HoldEm as you will get paid with your better hand, but in 7 card stud it is not preferred as people will outdraw you with an incredible starting hand. The cardinal rule in tournaments is to not get excited in the first few rounds of the Ante. There is no need to chase draws or to try and bet players of, as they will mostly not pay attention to your hand. In the beginning try to figure out how every players plays and use this to your advantage. This is even more important then in Texas HoldEm as you will be able to guesstimate the hole cards of players that have folded. This sounds impossible, but as a short rough idea of what I mean the following example. A loose cannon folds a hand with a 10 as upcard. We can already deduct he does not have a 10 under. He probably also does not have a connector down as he would change the straights and he might not even have a suited card under as he would chase those as well. With this we can already gain a few % edge on our opponents. So stay low in the beginning, but definitely pay a lot of attention.