Internet poker has become world famous lately, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit farther than its TV ratings. Over the years many variants on the first poker game have been created, including a handful of games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to 21 than traditional poker, in that the gamblers bet against the house rather than the other players. The succeeding hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no conniving or other kinds of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to ante up prior to the croupier announcing "No more bets." At that instance, both you and the bank and of course every one of the different gamblers are given 5 cards each. After you have seen your hand and the dealer’s first card, you have to in turn make a call wager or surrender. The call wager’s value is equal to your original ante, which means that the risks will have doubled. Abandoning means that your bet goes instantaneously to the dealer. After the bet comes the showdown. If the casino doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, with a sum in accordance with the ante. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the casino’s hand. The bank pony’s up cash equal to your wager and controlled expectations on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- three to one for three of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- five to one 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