Double Down Stud

Introduction

Double down stud is another poker based table game. It is a lot like 'let it ride' but goes directly to four cards and has a slightly more generous pay table. If played properly the element of risk is between 2% and 3% which is normal for new games.

The Rules

1. Players make an initial wager.
2. The dealer gives each player one card face up and deals four community cards, three up and one down. Each hand is dealt from a freshly shuffled single deck.
3. Each player has the option to double their bet or not.
4. The dealer turns over the down card.
5. Winning hands pay according to the following payoff table.

Strategy

Here are the hands the player should raise on:

• Any pat hand of a pair of 6's or greater
• 4 to a flush, straight flush, or royal flush
• 4 to any outside straight
• 4 to an inside straight, ace high only (zero house edge)

House Edge

The house edge is 2.67%. The element of risk is 2.13%.

For you purists out there here are the exact numbers:
House edge: 346680/12994800
Element of risk: 346680/16245408.

Statistics

The following table shows how many times in 12994800 hands the player can expect to get each hand by whether or not they raised.