Internet poker has become world acclaimed recently, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game shows. Its universal appeal, though, stretches back in fact a bit further than its television scores. Over the years many variants on the original poker game have been developed, including some games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these particular games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling blackjack than long-standing poker, in that the players wager against the bank rather than the other players. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little concealment or other types of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up prior to the dealer broadcasting "No further bets." At that point, both you and the house and of course every one of the other players are given five cards. Once you have looked at your hand and the bank’s first card, you have to in turn make a call bet or bow out. The call wager’s value is equal to your beginning ante, which means that the stakes will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your wager goes instantly to the house. After the bet comes the conclusion. If the casino doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, with a sum in accordance with the ante. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or better, you win if your hand beats the dealer’s hand. The house pays money equal to your original bet and controlled odds on your call wager. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for three of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- twenty to one for a 4 of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush