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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:
Can you recommend a book on how to win at tournament blackjack? Gerald B

I just finished reading and thoroughly enjoying Play to Win, A World Champion's Guide to Winning Blackjack Tournaments by Ken Einiger. Einiger was the winner of the 2005 World Series of Blackjack as well as numerous other blackjack competitions. Another recommendation, Gerald, is Casino Tournament Strategy by Sanford Wong. This book combines his previous Tournament Blackjack and Tournament Craps books together. Anything that Wong writes is worth reading, and this book is no exception.

By the way, Stanford Wong is not his real name, but a nom de plume. He took his alma mater as the given name and an Asian last name to provide the "mystique of the Orient.” It's not true that he types with chopsticks.