Internet poker has become world acclaimed as of late, with televised events and celebrity poker game events. The games universal appeal, though, arcs back quite a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years numerous variations on the first poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not in reality poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling 21 than old guard poker, in that the gamblers bet against the casino rather than the other players. The winning hands, are the established poker hands. There is little bluffing or different types of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up before the dealer declares "No more bets." At that moment, both you and the dealer and of course every one of the different players receive 5 cards each. After you have observed your hand and the bank’s first card, you must in turn make a call bet or bow out. The call wager’s value is on same level to your beginning bet, indicating that the risks will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your wager goes directly to the house. After the wager is the showdown. If the house doesn’t have ace/king or better, your wager is returned, with a sum on par with the ante. If the bank does have ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the dealer’s hand. The house pays money even with your bet and controlled expectations on your call wager. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for 3 of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- 20-1 for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush