Poker has become globally famous recently, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit farther than its TV ratings. Over the years numerous variations on the first poker game have been created, including a handful of games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely resembling chemin de fer than traditional poker, in that the players bet against the dealer rather than the other players. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little bluffing or different types of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up before the croupier broadcasting "No more bets." At that moment, both you and the bank and of course every one of the other gamblers receive five cards each. After you have seen your hand and the bank’s initial card, you must either make a call wager or surrender. The call bet’s amount is on same level to your beginning bet, indicating that the risks will have doubled. Bowing out means that your wager goes instantaneously to the house. After the wager comes the showdown. If the dealer doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your bet is returned, with a sum in accordance with the ante. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand is greater than the dealer’s hand. The house pony’s up chips equal to your wager and set expectations on your call wager. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- three to one for three of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- 7-1 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