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Dear Mark:
I noticed that the last time I visited the Gulf Coast that your column appears in the Biloxi Sun Herald. Here's one for you. Have you ever heard of a game called Mississippi Stud? Greg M.

Heard of it, yes, played it, no.

Mississippi Stud is but another poker variant in which each player receives a mix of face-down and face-up cards dealt in multiple betting rounds. A form of seven-card stud, Mississippi Stud is generally played pot limit, with fourth and fifth street cards dealt without a betting round between them, and seventh-street dealt face up.

ShuffleMaster has their own table game version of Mississippi Stud where players compete against a paytable rather than against other players or a dealer, and win if their hands consist of a pair of 6s or better.

Although I haven't seen this table game version, I hope those who have will drop me a line and share their thoughts on the game so I can pass them along to Greg.

Dear Mark:
The question about "Back Door Little Joe" is referring to the song "It Was A Good Day" by Ice Cube. The lyrics in question are:

…With the seven, seven-eleven, seven-eleven, seven
Even back do'm little Joe. I picked up the cash flow.

An educated guess as to the reference would be that since they are likely not playing craps on a craps table, but rather on the ground and shooting against a wall or door, Cube is likely referring to the fact that he was able to roll "little Joe" off the "back do.” Gavin O.