Poker has become globally celebrated as of late, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit further than its TV ratings. Over the years numerous variations on the earliest poker game have been created, including a few games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely affiliated with 21 than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers bet against the dealer instead of the other players. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little conniving or other types of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up just before the dealer saying "No more wagers." At that instance, both you and the bank and of course every one of the other gamblers are given five cards each. Once you have looked at your hand and the casino’s initial card, you need to in turn make a call wager or bow out. The call bet’s value is akin to your beginning ante, which means that the stakes will have doubled. Bowing out means that your wager goes directly to the dealer. After the wager is the conclusion. If the bank doesn’t have ace/king or better, your wager is given back, with a sum equal to the ante. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand is greater than the casino’s hand. The house pays out money equal to your wager and fixed odds on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for three of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- 7-1 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