Online poker has become world celebrated recently, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, stretches back in fact a bit farther than its television ratings. Over the years many variations on the earliest 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 chemin de fer than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers wager against the casino rather than the other players. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is little conniving or different kinds of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up just before the croupier saying "No further wagers." At that instance, both you and the casino and of course every one of the different gamblers receive five cards each. Once you have seen your hand and the dealer’s first card, you must either make a call bet or bow out. The call wager’s amount is akin to your original wager, indicating that the stakes will have increased two fold. Surrendering means that your wager goes instantaneously to the casino. After the wager is the showdown. If the house does not have ace/king or better, your wager is given back, plus an amount on par with the initial wager. If the casino has a hand with ace/king or better, you win if your hand beats the bank’s hand. The house pays chips equal to your initial bet and set expectations on your call bet. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- 3-1 for three of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- 7-1 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
