Poker has become world celebrated as of late, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit further than its television scores. Over the years several variants on the first poker game have been created, including a handful of games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of the above-mentioned games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to twenty-one than traditional poker, in that the gamblers wager against the bank instead of the other players. The winning hands, are the established poker hands. There is no bluffing or different kinds of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up just before the dealer announcing "No further bets." At that moment, both you and the dealer and of course every one of the other gamblers receive 5 cards. After you have looked at your hand and the casino’s initial card, you have to either make a call wager or accede. The call wager’s amount is equal to your original ante, indicating that the risks will have increased two fold. Surrendering means that your ante goes immediately to the house. After the bet is the showdown. If the dealer doesn’t have ace/king or better, your wager is given back, with an amount equal to the ante. If the casino does have ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand is greater than the bank’s hand. The casino pays out money equal to your bet and set expectations on your call wager. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for 3 of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- 20-1 for a 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush
