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Online poker has become globally celebrated recently, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game shows. The games universal appeal, though, stretches back in reality a bit farther than its television ratings. Over the years many types on the first poker game have been created, including some 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 twenty-one than old guard poker, in that the gamblers wager against the bank rather than the other players. The succeeding hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no bluffing or other types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up prior to the croupier announcing "No more bets." At that point, both you and the bank and of course all of the other players attain five cards each. After you have looked at your hand and the bank’s first card, you have to in turn make a call bet or surrender. The call bet’s amount is equal to your original ante, indicating that the risks will have increased two fold. Bowing out means that your bet goes immediately to the dealer. After the bet is the face off. If the bank doesn’t have ace/king or better, your bet is given back, including a sum on par with the initial wager. If the bank has a hand with ace/king or better, you win if your hand is greater than the dealer’s hand. The house pony’s up cash equal to your wager and fixed expectations on your call bet. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- 3-1 for three 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
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush
