Internet poker has become world celebrated as of late, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, arcs back in reality a bit further than its TV scores. Over the years numerous variants on the first poker game have been created, including some games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of the above-mentioned games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely affiliated with blackjack than traditional poker, in that the players bet against the house rather than each other. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little concealment or different types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up before the dealer declares "No further wagers." At that moment, both you and the house and of course all of the other gamblers receive 5 cards each. After you have seen your hand and the dealer’s initial card, you have to either make a call bet or bow out. The call bet’s value is on same level to your beginning wager, which means that the stakes will have doubled. Abandoning means that your ante goes immediately to the bank. After the bet comes the face off. If the house doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your wager is given back, with a sum in accordance with the initial wager. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The house pony’s up money equal to your ante and controlled odds on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- 3-1 for 3 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
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush
