Online poker has become world acclaimed as of late, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, stretches back in reality a bit farther than its TV ratings. Over the years several variations on the earliest poker game have been created, including a few games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these particular games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely affiliated with twenty-one than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers wager against the casino rather than each other. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no bluffing or other kinds of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to ante up just before the croupier saying "No further bets." At that moment, both you and the house and of course all of the other gamblers are given five cards. Once you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s 1st card, you have to in turn make a call bet or bow out. The call bet’s value is equal to your beginning bet, meaning that the stakes will have increased two fold. Bowing out means that your ante goes directly to the dealer. After the wager comes the conclusion. If the casino does not have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, plus a figure equal to the original wager. If the house does have ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand defeats the casino’s hand. The dealer pays out cash even with your bet and controlled expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- 3-1 for 3 of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- twenty to one for a 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush