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OBJECT:
The best five card poker hand, out of seven cards, wins
the pot.
1. Ante, then deal two cards down and one up: Low card
must bet in limit-betting games, high card must
bet or fold in big-bet games.
2. Deal each active player two more upcards; bet from
highest hand.
3. Deal each player a fourth upcard: bet from highest
hand.
4. Deal each player a fifth upcard: bet from highest
hand and showdown.
Starting and raising requirements in Mississippi are
about the same as seven-card stud, with some marginal
hands being made playable by the two card flop: high
pairs decrease in profitability, while straights and
flushes improve. Small pairs with kickers do better
against the high pairs, but lose more often to straights
and flushes, so they remain about the same. Rolled-up
trips occur in 1/424 hands. Mississippi is playable
(in the last-card-down limit-betting version) on any
seven-card stud simulator by turning off all fourth-street
betting.
Betting structures: Half-pot,
pot-limit and no-limit betting: in big-bet (i.e., non-limit)
games, all forms of stud require an ante from each player,
with the highest card or hand speaking first in all
rounds of play: in the first round the high card must
either bet or fold, in later rounds the high hand can
either bet or check. The initial bet size is at the
discretion of the opener and can usually be as small
as one ante, or up to the maximum bet size allowed in
the form used: i.e., half the total antes in half-pot,
the total antes in full-pot and as much as you wish
in no-limit.
Limit betting structures: there is
an ante, a compulsory bring-in from the low card and
bets typically double for the last two rounds, though
this can be varied according to player's tastes. The
bets are usually capped at three per round, except in
head-to-head pots. (There is a good case for doubling
the bet again in the last round of all limit betting
games - or even in every round - to increase the effect
of bluffing, but that's another story.)
1. Low ante: ante one unit, bring-in 2 units, raise
10 units. The maximum bet for the first two rounds is
10 units, with bets doubling for the third and fourth
rounds.
2. High ante: ante four units, bring-in five units,
raise 10 units. Bets double to 20 units for the third
and fourth rounds.
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