Poker has become world acclaimed as of late, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game events. Its universal appeal, though, stretches back quite a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years numerous variations on the original poker game have been created, including a few games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to 21 than old guard poker, in that the players wager against the house instead of each other. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little concealment or different types of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up prior to the croupier broadcasting "No further wagers." At that moment, both you and the dealer and of course all of the different players attain five cards each. Once you have looked at your hand and the bank’s first card, you need to in turn make a call bet or accede. The call bet’s value is on same level to your original bet, meaning that the stakes will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your ante goes instantaneously to the house. After the bet is the face off. If the dealer does not have ace/king or better, your wager is given back, with an amount on par with the ante. If the dealer does have ace/king or better, you win if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The house pays cash even with your ante and controlled odds on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- three to one for 3 of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- twenty to one for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush