Online poker has become globally celebrated recently, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, arcs back in reality a bit farther than its TV ratings. Over the years several variations 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 more closely related to vingt-et-un than traditional poker, in that the players wager against the house instead of each other. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no bluffing or different kinds of deception. 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 dealer and of course all of the other gamblers are given 5 cards each. After you have observed your hand and the dealer’s 1st card, you need to in turn make a call bet or give up. The call bet’s amount is on same level to your beginning wager, meaning that the risks will have increased two fold. Bowing out means that your wager goes instantly to the bank. After the wager comes the face off. If the casino doesn’t have ace/king or better, your wager is returned, with an amount equal to the original wager. If the casino has a hand with ace/king or greater, you win if your hand beats the bank’s hand. The house pony’s up cash even with your original bet and controlled expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- 3-1 for 3 of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- twenty to one for a 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush