Web poker has become world acclaimed recently, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. The games universal appeal, though, arcs back in fact a bit farther than its TV ratings. Over the years many variants on the first poker game have been developed, including some 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 twenty-one than traditional poker, in that the players bet against the casino rather than each other. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little concealment or other types of deceptiveness. 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 casino and of course all of the different players attain five cards each. Once you have observed your hand and the casino’s first card, you have to either make a call wager or give up. The call wager’s amount is equal to your original bet, indicating that the stakes will have increased two fold. Giving Up means that your bet goes directly to the house. After the wager is the face off. If the dealer doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, plus an amount in accordance with the initial bet. If the house does have ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The casino pony’s up money equal to your original bet and controlled expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for 3 of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- twenty to one for a 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush