Internet poker has become world acclaimed lately, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, arcs back in reality a bit farther than its television ratings. Over the years several variants on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely resembling 21 than traditional poker, in that the gamblers wager against the house rather than the other players. The succeeding hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little concealment or other types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up prior to the dealer saying "No more wagers." At that point, both you and the bank and of course all of the other players acquire five cards. Once you have seen your hand and the casino’s 1st card, you have to in turn make a call bet or accede. The call bet’s value is equal to your beginning wager, indicating that the stakes will have doubled. Abandoning means that your wager goes immediately to the house. After the bet comes the showdown. If the dealer doesn’t have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, plus a sum in accordance with the original bet. If the dealer does have ace/king or greater, you win if your hand is greater than the bank’s hand. The bank pays out cash equal to your ante 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 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush