Luck is what separates the winners in 7 Card Stud from the losers at the poker game. It isnt that the winners are the ones who get lucky in the end. It is actually quite the opposite. It is the losers in poker who need to rely on luck to get them by. Winners know that poker is about using skill to cancel out the luck element in the game.
Polite society frowns upon the act of stealing. You can suspend this rule when playing stud poker. Stealing the ante not only will not result in punishment, but you do a little victory dance while saying neener neener to your opponents.