What is the house edge in Mississippi Stud?

With optimal basic strategy the house edge is about 4.91% of the ante. Because the average resolved hand wagers ~3.59 units, the element of risk (expected loss per unit wagered) is about 1.37%.

What is the optimal Mississippi Stud strategy?

On 3rd street raise 3× with any pair, 1× with at least two points (J–A = 2, 6–10 = 1, 2–5 = 0) or 6-5 suited, otherwise fold. Later streets raise made hands (mid pair or better) and strong draws. This free solver computes the exact EV of fold/1×/2×/3× for any cards.

Mississippi Stud Solver, Trainer & Calculator

A free Mississippi Stud strategy toolkit: an exact EV solver / calculator for the optimal fold / 1× / 2× / 3× play on every street, an interactive trainer, a daily trap-hand puzzle, and a collusion play simulator. The house edge with optimal play is 4.91% of the ante (a 1.37% element of risk). See the full Mississippi Stud strategy guide.

1 · Your situation

Hole cards (2)

Community (0–3)

Neighbor / known cards (collusion)

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Other players

2 · Optimal decision

3 · Edge analysis (runs in a background worker)

Exact edge with current neighbor cards removed

Averages optimal EV over every possible hole hand, given the neighbor cards above are out of the deck. Fully exact.

Player edge vs. exposed cards

Expected edge when K random neighbor cards are visible. More samples → tighter bars.

Max K Samples

Outcome distribution (basic strategy)

Monte Carlo validation of the house edge, element of risk and hand frequencies.

Hands

Mississippi Stud Solver

1 · Your situation

2 · Optimal decision

EV Deviation Trainer

The table

Your move

Leak ledger (lifetime · stored in this browser)

3 · Edge analysis (runs in a background worker)

Exact edge with current neighbor cards removed

Player edge vs. exposed cards

Outcome distribution (basic strategy)