Web poker has become world celebrated lately, with televised events and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, stretches back in fact a bit further than its TV scores. Over the years numerous variants on the original poker game have been developed, including some games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to 21 than long-standing poker, in that the players bet against the casino instead of the other players. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no concealment or other types of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up prior to the croupier broadcasting "No further bets." At that point, both you and the dealer and of course all of the different gamblers attain five cards each. Once you have seen your hand and the casino’s 1st card, you have to either make a call wager or bow out. The call wager’s value is akin to your beginning ante, which means that the stakes will have doubled. Surrendering means that your ante goes instantly to the house. After the wager comes the face off. If the bank doesn’t have ace/king or better, your wager is returned, plus a figure on par with the initial bet. If the casino does have ace/king or better, you win if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The bank pays cash equal to your bet and fixed expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Even 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
- 5-1 for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- 20-1 for a 4 of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush