Online poker has become world famous as of late, with televised events and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, arcs back in reality a bit further than its TV ratings. Over the years numerous variants on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to chemin de fer than old guard poker, in that the players wager against the casino rather than each other. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is no concealment or other types of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to ante up just before the dealer saying "No more wagers." At that instance, both you and the house and of course every one of the other players attain 5 cards each. Once you have seen your hand and the casino’s first card, you need to either make a call bet or give up. The call wager’s amount is equal to your beginning ante, which means that the stakes will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your bet goes immediately to the house. After the bet comes the showdown. If the bank does not have ace/king or better, your wager is returned, plus a figure equal to the ante. If the bank does have ace/king or greater, you win if your hand beats the bank’s hand. The dealer pony’s up cash even with your bet and set odds on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two 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
- twenty to one for a 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush