Poker has become world acclaimed recently, with televised events and celebrity poker game events. Its universal appeal, though, stretches back in fact a bit further than its TV scores. Over the years many variations on the first poker game have been created, including a few games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to chemin de fer than traditional poker, in that the gamblers bet against the house rather than the other players. The succeeding hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little concealment or different kinds of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up before the dealer declares "No more wagers." At that instance, both you and the casino and of course all of the other players are given 5 cards each. After you have observed your hand and the casino’s first card, you have to in turn make a call wager or give up. The call bet’s value is on same level to your beginning wager, which means that the risks will have increased two fold. Giving Up means that your wager goes immediately to the casino. After the wager is the conclusion. If the casino does not have ace/king or better, your bet is given back, plus a sum in accordance with the initial bet. If the casino does have ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand defeats the casino’s hand. The dealer pony’s up cash equal to your bet and fixed odds on your call bet. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- 3-1 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 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush
