Poker has become globally celebrated recently, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, stretches back in fact a bit further than its TV scores. Over the years several variants on the earliest poker game have been created, including a few games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of the above-mentioned games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to 21 than traditional poker, in that the players wager against the casino instead of each other. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no concealment or other kinds of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to ante up prior to the croupier announcing "No more wagers." At that point, both you and the bank and of course every one of the other gamblers are given five cards. After you have looked at your hand and the casino’s 1st card, you must either make a call wager or give up. The call wager’s amount is akin to your original ante, indicating that the risks will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your wager goes instantly to the bank. After the bet comes the face off. If the bank does not have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, with a figure equal to the initial bet. If the dealer does have ace/king or better, you win if your hand beats the casino’s hand. The house pays out chips equal to your wager and set expectations on your call bet. These expectations are:

  • Even 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
  • seven to one 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