Online poker has become world acclaimed recently, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game shows. The games universal appeal, though, stretches back in reality a bit further than its television scores. Over the years many variants on the first poker game have been created, including a few games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of the above-mentioned games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely resembling chemin de fer than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers bet against the dealer instead of the other players. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no bluffing or other types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up just before the croupier announcing "No more bets." At that instance, both you and the bank and of course every one of the other players are given 5 cards. Once you have seen your hand and the bank’s 1st card, you must in turn make a call bet or accede. The call wager’s amount is equal to your beginning ante, meaning that the risks will have increased two fold. Bowing out means that your bet goes directly to the dealer. After the bet comes the conclusion. If the house doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your bet is returned, plus an amount in accordance with the initial bet. If the dealer does have ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand beats the casino’s hand. The house pays out cash equal to your bet and controlled odds on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for 3 of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- twenty to one for a 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush
