Online poker has become world celebrated as of late, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game events. Its universal appeal, though, stretches back in fact a bit further than its television scores. Over the years many variants on the original poker game have been created, including a few games that are not in reality poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to twenty-one than traditional poker, in that the players bet against the house rather than each other. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little concealment or other kinds of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to ante up prior to the dealer announcing "No further bets." At that moment, both you and the casino and of course all of the different gamblers attain 5 cards. After you have seen your hand and the bank’s initial card, you have to either make a call bet or bow out. The call bet’s value is equal to your original bet, which means that the stakes will have doubled. Giving Up means that your wager goes directly to the casino. After the bet is the face off. If the dealer does not have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, including a figure on par with the initial bet. If the house does have ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand beats the casino’s hand. The casino pony’s up chips equal to your original bet and set expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for three of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- 20-1 for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush