Web poker has become globally acclaimed lately, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, arcs back in reality a bit further than its television ratings. Over the years several types on the original poker game have been created, including some games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to vingt-et-un than traditional poker, in that the players wager against the casino instead of each other. The winning hands, are the established poker hands. There is no conniving or other types of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up prior to the dealer saying "No more bets." At that instance, both you and the house and of course every one of the different gamblers attain 5 cards. After you have looked at your hand and the bank’s first card, you must in turn make a call bet or surrender. The call wager’s amount is akin to your beginning ante, meaning that the stakes will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your ante goes instantly to the house. After the wager is the face off. If the bank doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, including a sum equal to the ante. If the bank does have ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand beats the bank’s hand. The dealer pony’s up money even with your initial bet and fixed expectations on your call bet. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- 3-1 for 3 of a kind
- four to one 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