Poker has become world famous lately, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, stretches back in fact a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years several types on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a few games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely resembling vingt-et-un than old guard poker, in that the gamblers bet against the dealer instead of each other. The succeeding hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no bluffing or other kinds of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up prior to the dealer broadcasting "No more bets." At that moment, both you and the house and of course every one of the different gamblers receive five cards. After you have looked at your hand and the bank’s first card, you need to either make a call bet or give up. The call wager’s value is on same level to your original ante, which means that the stakes will have doubled. Surrendering means that your bet goes immediately to the house. After the wager comes the face off. If the casino doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your wager is given back, plus a figure in accordance with the original wager. If the casino does have ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the casino’s hand. The house pays money equal to your initial bet and set odds on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- three to one for 3 of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- 20-1 for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush