Online poker has become world acclaimed recently, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game shows. Its universal appeal, though, arcs back in fact a bit farther than its TV scores. Over the years several variations on the original poker game have been developed, including a few games that are not in reality poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to 21 than old guard poker, in that the gamblers wager against the dealer rather than each other. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little conniving or other types of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up prior to the croupier announcing "No further wagers." At that point, both you and the casino and of course all of the different gamblers receive five cards each. After you have seen your hand and the bank’s first card, you need to either make a call bet or give up. The call wager’s amount is on same level to your original ante, which means that the stakes will have doubled. Bowing out means that your wager goes directly to the bank. After the wager is the face off. If the house doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your bet is given back, with a figure equal to the ante. If the casino does have ace/king or greater, you win if your hand defeats the dealer’s hand. The casino pays chips even with your wager and fixed odds on your call wager. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- three to one for 3 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