Internet poker has become globally celebrated as of late, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, arcs back in reality a bit further than its television scores. Over the years many variations on the earliest poker game have been created, including some games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling vingt-et-un than old guard poker, in that the players wager against the bank rather than each other. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is little concealment or other kinds of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up just before the dealer announcing "No more bets." At that point, both you and the bank and of course every one of the different gamblers receive 5 cards each. After you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s initial card, you have to either make a call wager or surrender. The call wager’s amount is equal to your original wager, which means that the risks will have doubled. Surrendering means that your ante goes directly to the bank. After the bet is the conclusion. If the bank doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, plus a figure on par with the ante. If the dealer does have ace/king or greater, you win if your hand beats the casino’s hand. The dealer pays out cash equal to your bet and fixed odds on your call bet. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- three to one for three 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 four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush