Poker has become world famous as of late, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit farther than its TV scores. Over the years many variants on the original poker game have been developed, including some games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of the above-mentioned games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to 21 than old guard poker, in that the players wager against the house rather than each other. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no conniving or different types of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up just before the dealer announcing "No further wagers." At that instance, both you and the casino and of course all of the other gamblers are given 5 cards. Once you have looked at your hand and the bank’s first card, you must in turn make a call bet or surrender. The call bet’s amount is akin to your beginning wager, indicating that the risks will have increased two fold. Bowing out means that your ante goes directly to the bank. After the wager is the conclusion. If the bank does not have ace/king or greater, your bet is returned, with a figure equal to the ante. If the casino has a hand with ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand beats the dealer’s hand. The dealer pays out chips equal to your ante and fixed odds on your call bet. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- three to one for 3 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
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush