Online poker has become globally famous lately, with televised championships and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, stretches back in reality a bit further than its television scores. Over the years many variations on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely affiliated with 21 than traditional poker, in that the gamblers bet against the bank rather than each other. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is no bluffing or other types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up before the croupier announcing "No further bets." At that point, both you and the casino and of course all of the different players attain five cards. Once you have seen your hand and the casino’s initial card, you have to either make a call bet or surrender. The call wager’s amount is equal to your beginning ante, which means that the risks will have doubled. Bowing out means that your bet goes instantly to the casino. After the wager is the showdown. If the dealer does not have ace/king or greater, your wager is given back, with a figure equal to the initial wager. If the casino has a hand with ace/king or greater, you win if your hand is greater than the bank’s hand. The house pays out cash equal to your wager and fixed odds on your call bet. These odds are:

  • Equal for a pair or high card
  • two to one for 2 pairs
  • 3-1 for three 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 four of a kind
  • 50-1 for a straight flush
  • 100-1 for a royal flush