Anytime you get a pair on two cards, you make the big raise. You have two medium cards, the odds favor making a small raise in that situation. Michael: Okay, we each get two hole cards, and the dealer will get- deal three community cards. Let's try a hand.Īngela: All right, let's try a hand with this. However, they don't have a Mississippi Stud table, so please forgive me that we're playing Mississippi Stud on a Black Jack table. We are teaching this at the offices of Galaxy Gaming here in Las Vegas who are kind enough to let us use their studio. Let's just jump right in and learn by doing. Usually the player loses in this game, but when a player wins, he can win really big, so it's an exciting, thrilling game. This one, unlike some other games, there is no dealer hand, the player is paid strictly by the poker value of his own hand, and there's three opportunities to raise your bet as the cards are revealed to the player. Mississippi Stud is another one of the popular new poker variants in the casinos. And you are going to learn about how to play Mississippi Stud in the casinos. Michael Shackleford: Hi, I'm Mike Shackleford with the Wizard of Odds website, and I'm here with my student, Angela Wyman, and Lamone, who is a real dealer here in Las Vegas.