Internet poker has become globally famous recently, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit further than its TV ratings. Over the years numerous variants on the earliest poker game have been created, including a few games that are not in reality poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to 21 than long-standing poker, in that the players bet against the bank rather than each other. The winning hands, are the established poker hands. There is no bluffing or other kinds of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up just before the croupier saying "No further wagers." At that moment, both you and the dealer and of course all of the other gamblers are given five cards each. After you have observed your hand and the dealer’s first card, you have to either make a call wager or bow out. The call wager’s value is akin to your beginning wager, meaning that the stakes will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your wager goes directly to the bank. After the bet is the showdown. If the house doesn’t have ace/king or better, your wager is given back, plus a sum equal to the initial bet. If the dealer does have ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand is greater than the bank’s hand. The casino pony’s up cash equal to your bet and fixed odds on your call bet. These expectations are:

  • Even for a pair or high card
  • two to one for two pairs
  • 3-1 for 3 of a kind
  • 4-1 for a straight
  • 5-1 for a flush
  • seven to one for a full house
  • 20-1 for a 4 of a kind
  • fifty to one for a straight flush
  • 100-1 for a royal flush