Web poker has become world acclaimed recently, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit further than its TV scores. Over the years several variants on the first 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 more closely affiliated with vingt-et-un than traditional poker, in that the players bet against the bank rather than the other players. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no conniving or different types of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up just before the croupier broadcasting "No further wagers." At that moment, both you and the casino and of course every one of the other gamblers are given 5 cards each. Once you have seen your hand and the casino’s first card, you have to either make a call wager or give up. The call bet’s value is equal to your beginning wager, indicating that the stakes will have increased two fold. Bowing out means that your bet goes instantly to the house. After the bet is the face off. If the dealer doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your wager is given back, with a figure on par with the ante. If the casino has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the casino’s hand. The house pays out cash even with your bet and controlled odds on your call bet. These expectations are:

  • Equal for a pair or high card
  • two to one for two pairs
  • 3-1 for 3 of a kind
  • 4-1 for a straight
  • five to one 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
  • one hundred to one for a royal flush