Web poker has become world famous as of late, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. Its universal appeal, though, arcs back quite a bit further than its TV scores. Over the years many variants on the earliest poker game have been created, including some games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to 21 than old guard poker, in that the gamblers bet against the dealer rather than the other players. The succeeding hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little conniving or other kinds of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up just before the dealer saying "No more wagers." At that moment, both you and the dealer and of course all of the other players acquire five cards. After you have seen your hand and the dealer’s first card, you must in turn make a call wager or bow out. The call bet’s value is akin to your original wager, which means that the risks will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your wager goes instantaneously to the casino. After the bet is the face off. If the bank doesn’t have ace/king or better, your wager is returned, with an amount on par with the initial bet. If the bank does have ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand is greater than the casino’s hand. The bank pony’s up money even with your ante and set odds on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- three to one for 3 of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- five to one 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
