Casino game · House-banked
In Mississippi Stud, the player antes and receives two hole cards, and three community cards are turned one at a time. Before each community card, the player either folds or raises one to three times the ante. The final five-card hand is paid from a table: jacks or better win, a pair of sixes to tens pushes, and anything else loses.
Mississippi Stud is a house-banked game introduced by Scientific Games. Hands are not compared with the dealer's or with each other. Each player's final hand is paid from a fixed pay table.
The game is played with a standard 52-card deck with no jokers. Hands are ranked according to the standard poker hand rankings.
The three decisions are called third, fourth and fifth street, borrowing the street names of stud poker.
Each player places an ante before the deal.
The dealer deals two cards face down to each player and three community cards face down in the centre of the table.
There are three decisions. At each one, the player must fold or raise; there is no option to check.
| Street | Cards the player can see | Decision |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd street | Two hole cards | Fold, or raise 1x, 2x or 3x the ante |
| 4th street | Hole cards and the first community card | Fold, or raise 1x, 2x or 3x the ante |
| 5th street | Hole cards and two community cards | Fold, or raise 1x, 2x or 3x the ante |
| Settlement | All five cards | None; the third community card is turned and bets are paid |
A player who folds at any street loses the ante and every raise already made.
A player who plays all three streets will have raised at least three and at most nine times the ante, for a total wager of four to ten antes.
After all players have acted on each street, the dealer turns over the next community card.
When the third community card is turned, each remaining player's hand is their two hole cards plus the three community cards.
The ante and all raises are paid at the odds in the pay table (Article 5) if the hand is a pair of jacks or better.
A pair of sixes, sevens, eights, nines or tens is a push: the ante and raises are returned.
Any lower hand loses the ante and all raises.
Jacks with a big raise
Ante 10. The player holds J♥J♣ and raises 3x (30) on 3rd street.
First community card: 4♦. The player raises 1x (10). Second community card: 9♠. The player raises 1x (10). Third community card: 2♣.
Final hand: J-J-9-4-2, a pair of jacks. The total wager is 60 (10 + 30 + 10 + 10), paid at 1 to 1. The player wins 60.
A push on a middle pair
Ante 10. The player holds 7♠7♦ and raises 1x on every street, a total wager of 40.
The community cards are K♥3♣9♦. Final hand: a pair of sevens.
A pair of sixes to tens pushes, so all 40 is returned.
Pay tables vary by casino. This is the standard table, applied to the ante and every raise.
| Final hand | Pays |
|---|---|
| Royal flush | 500 to 1 |
| Straight flush | 100 to 1 |
| Four of a kind | 40 to 1 |
| Full house | 10 to 1 |
| Flush | 6 to 1 |
| Straight | 4 to 1 |
| Three of a kind | 3 to 1 |
| Two pair | 2 to 1 |
| Pair of jacks, queens, kings or aces | 1 to 1 |
| Pair of sixes to tens | Push |
| Any other hand | Loses |
No. There is no dealer hand. Your five-card hand is paid from a fixed pay table.
A pair of sixes, sevens, eights, nines or tens. Your ante and raises are returned.
No. On each of the three streets you must either fold or raise between one and three times your ante.
Ten times the ante: the ante itself plus a 3x raise on each of the three streets.
You lose your ante and any raises you have already made.
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.
Mississippi Stud Rules · OPR-805 · officialpokerrules.com/mississippi-stud/