Web poker has become globally celebrated as of late, with televised championships and celebrity poker game shows. Its universal appeal, though, arcs back in reality a bit further than its TV scores. Over the years numerous variants on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling chemin de fer than traditional poker, in that the players wager against the bank rather than each other. The succeeding hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little concealment or other types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up before the croupier broadcasting "No further bets." At that point, both you and the casino and of course all of the other players acquire five cards. Once you have seen your hand and the bank’s first card, you must either make a call bet or give up. The call bet’s value is on same level to your original wager, which means that the risks will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your ante goes immediately to the bank. After the bet comes the conclusion. If the casino doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your bet is given back, with a sum equal to the original bet. If the casino does have ace/king or better, you win if your hand beats the bank’s hand. The casino pays cash even with your ante and set odds on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- 3-1 for 3 of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- 7-1 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