Internet poker has become world celebrated recently, with televised events and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, arcs back in fact a bit further than its television ratings. Over the years many variations on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to 21 than traditional poker, in that the gamblers bet against the casino instead of each other. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little conniving or different types of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up just before the croupier announcing "No more bets." At that moment, both you and the dealer and of course every one of the other players receive 5 cards. After you have observed your hand and the dealer’s 1st card, you must in turn make a call wager or bow out. The call wager’s value is akin to your beginning bet, meaning that the risks will have doubled. Bowing out means that your ante goes immediately to the dealer. After the bet comes the face off. If the dealer doesn’t have ace/king or better, your wager is given back, plus a figure in accordance with the ante. If the casino does have ace/king or better, you win if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The house pony’s up money even with your original bet and set expectations on your call bet. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- three to one for three of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- 20-1 for a 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush
