Online poker has become world famous lately, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, stretches back in reality a bit further than its TV ratings. Over the years several variations on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely affiliated with blackjack than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers wager against the bank instead of the other players. The succeeding hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little concealment or other kinds of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up just before the croupier saying "No more wagers." At that point, both you and the bank and of course every one of the other gamblers are given five cards. After you have looked at your hand and the bank’s initial card, you have to in turn make a call bet or surrender. The call wager’s value is on same level to your beginning ante, indicating that the stakes will have increased two fold. Giving Up means that your bet goes immediately to the dealer. After the wager comes the conclusion. If the house does not have ace/king or better, your bet is given back, including an amount in accordance with the ante. If the house has a hand with ace/king or greater, you win if your hand is greater than the dealer’s hand. The house pays out money equal to your ante and controlled expectations on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- three to one for three of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- 20-1 for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush