Poker has become globally celebrated lately, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, arcs back in fact a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years many variants on the earliest poker game have been created, including a few 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 twenty-one than old guard poker, in that the gamblers bet against the dealer rather than each other. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little concealment or other kinds of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to ante up prior to the dealer broadcasting "No further wagers." At that moment, both you and the casino and of course all of the other gamblers acquire five cards each. Once you have seen your hand and the casino’s initial card, you must in turn make a call bet or surrender. The call wager’s value is akin to your beginning ante, indicating that the stakes will have doubled. Bowing out means that your ante goes instantaneously to the bank. After the bet is the face off. If the house doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your wager is given back, including an amount on par with the original wager. If the casino does have ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The casino pays out money equal to your bet and controlled expectations on your call bet. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for three 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 four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush