Internet poker has become world acclaimed as of late, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. The games popularity, though, stretches back in fact a bit further than its TV ratings. Over the years many types on the original poker game have been created, including a few games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these particular games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling twenty-one than old guard poker, in that the players wager against the dealer instead of each other. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no bluffing or other kinds of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up before the dealer announcing "No further wagers." At that instance, both you and the house and of course all of the different players are given 5 cards. After you have observed your hand and the bank’s first card, you must either make a call wager or surrender. The call bet’s amount is on same level to your beginning wager, indicating that the risks will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your bet goes directly to the casino. After the wager is the face off. If the bank doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your bet is given back, with an amount equal to the original wager. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand beats the dealer’s hand. The dealer pony’s up chips equal to your wager and controlled odds on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- three to one for three of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- twenty to one for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush