Poker has become globally acclaimed as of late, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, arcs back in fact a bit further than its TV ratings. Over the years numerous variations on the first poker game have been developed, including a few games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these particular games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to chemin de fer than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers wager against the house instead of each other. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no bluffing or other types of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up just before the dealer saying "No further wagers." At that instance, both you and the bank and of course all of the other gamblers are given 5 cards. After you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s first card, you must in turn make a call wager or bow out. The call wager’s value is akin to your original bet, which means that the risks will have doubled. Abandoning means that your bet goes instantly to the casino. After the bet is the conclusion. If the house does not have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, plus an amount on par with the initial bet. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The house pays out chips equal to your bet and set odds on your call bet. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- three to one for 3 of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- twenty to one for a four of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush