New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 69F - RULES OF THE GAMES
Subchapter 35 - MISSISSIPPI STUD
Section 13:69F-35.5 - Mississippi stud hand rankings

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:69F-35.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) The rank of the cards used in Mississippi stud for the determination of winning hands, in order of highest to lowest rank, shall be: ace, king, queen, jack, 10, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, and two. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an ace may be used to complete a "straight flush" or a "straight" formed with a two, three, four, and five. An ace may not be used, however, with any other sequence of cards to form a "straight" (for example, queen, king, ace, two and three).

(b) The permissible poker hands at the game of Mississippi stud, in order of highest to lowest rank, shall be:

1. "Royal flush" is a hand consisting of an ace, king, queen, jack, and 10 of the same suit;

2. "Straight flush" is a hand consisting of five cards of the same suit in consecutive ranking, except for a royal flush as defined in (b)1 above;

3. "Four-of-a-kind" is a hand consisting of four cards of the same rank;

4. "Full house" is a hand consisting of a "three-of-a-kind" and a "pair;"

5. "Flush" is a hand consisting of five cards of the same suit, not in consecutive order;

6. "Straight" is a hand consisting of five unsuited cards of consecutive rank;

7. "Three-of-a-kind" is a hand consisting of three cards of the same rank;

8. "Two pairs" is a hand consisting of two "pairs;" and

9. "Pair" is a hand consisting of two cards of the same rank.

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