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The Rules for Mississippi Stud Poker.

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Mississippi Stud Poker

Mississippi stud poker was created to make seven-card stud play better at no limit and pot limit, and is slowly becoming popular for that reason. It is also often played with a betting structure more typical of Texas hold'em poker - fixed limit with the last two rounds double the limit of the first two rounds. The bring-in should be less than the first-round limit.

The initial deal is the same as standard seven-card stud poker. After the first betting round, two up cards are dealt to each poker player, so each player now has two down cards and three up cards (so unlike standard stud there is no betting on "fourth street"). A second betting round is followed by one more up card and a third betting round. Finally, the last card is dealt face up, so that each poker player ends with two down cards and five up cards. Because each player has five up cards on the last round, straights, flushes, and full houses count as high hand exposed for the purpose of determining who must bet first. After the seventh street bet, there is a normal showdown.

Mississippi stud poker can also be played with low hands or high-low split. If three down cards are dealt initially instead of two, with the restriction that no more than two of them can be used in the final hand, this variation is called Murrumbidgee stud poker.

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