Online poker has become globally acclaimed lately, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, stretches back in fact a bit farther than its television ratings. Over the years many variants on the first poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling blackjack than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers bet against the bank rather than each other. The winning hands, are the established poker hands. There is no concealment or other types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up before the croupier broadcasting "No more bets." At that moment, both you and the bank and of course all of the different gamblers attain five cards each. After you have observed your hand and the bank’s first card, you must either make a call wager or surrender. The call bet’s amount is on same level to your original ante, which means that the stakes will have doubled. Giving Up means that your wager goes instantly to the dealer. After the bet comes the conclusion. If the house doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your wager is given back, including a sum equal to the initial bet. If the dealer does have ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The dealer pays out cash equal to your bet and set odds on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- three to one for three of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- twenty to one for a four of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush