Web poker has become world famous recently, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game shows. The games universal appeal, though, arcs back in reality a bit further than its television scores. Over the years several variations on the first poker game have been created, including a few games that are not really 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 gamblers wager against the bank instead of each other. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is no concealment or other types of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up just before the croupier saying "No more bets." At that instance, both you and the house and of course every one of the different gamblers attain 5 cards. After you have looked at your hand and the casino’s 1st card, you must in turn make a call bet or accede. The call bet’s amount is akin to your beginning wager, indicating that the stakes will have doubled. Abandoning means that your bet goes directly to the dealer. After the wager is the showdown. If the dealer does not have ace/king or better, your wager is returned, plus a sum on par with the original bet. If the bank has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The dealer pays money equal to your wager and controlled expectations on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- three to one for 3 of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- 20-1 for a 4 of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush