Poker has become globally famous lately, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. Its universal appeal, though, stretches back quite a bit farther than its TV scores. Over the years many variants on the original poker game have been created, including some games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of the above-mentioned games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely affiliated with 21 than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers wager against the casino rather than each other. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little conniving or different kinds of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up just before the dealer declares "No more bets." At that instance, both you and the casino and of course every one of the different gamblers attain 5 cards each. After you have seen your hand and the bank’s initial card, you have to either make a call wager or accede. The call wager’s amount is akin to your beginning bet, meaning that the stakes will have increased two fold. Giving Up means that your wager goes directly to the bank. After the bet comes the face off. If the house does not have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, plus a sum on par with the ante. If the house has a hand with ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand is greater than the dealer’s hand. The casino pony’s up money even with your wager and set expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 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 four of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush