Online poker has become world famous recently, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game events. The games universal appeal, though, stretches back in fact a bit further than its television ratings. Over the years numerous variants on the first poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling vingt-et-un than long-standing poker, in that the players bet against the casino instead of each other. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is little bluffing or other types of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up before the dealer broadcasting "No more wagers." At that moment, both you and the bank and of course all of the other gamblers acquire five cards. After you have seen your hand and the bank’s initial card, you need to in turn make a call wager or bow out. The call bet’s value is akin to your beginning bet, meaning that the stakes will have increased two fold. Giving Up means that your wager goes directly to the casino. After the wager comes the conclusion. If the bank doesn’t have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, including a sum in accordance with the original bet. If the house has a hand with ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand defeats the dealer’s hand. The dealer pays out cash equal to your bet and set expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- three to one for three 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
- 100-1 for a royal flush