Poker has become world famous recently, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game shows. Its universal appeal, though, stretches back in fact a bit farther than its television ratings. Over the years many variants on the first poker game have been created, including a few games that are not in reality poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling vingt-et-un than traditional poker, in that the players bet against the casino rather than the other players. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little concealment or different kinds of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up before the dealer announcing "No further wagers." At that point, both you and the dealer and of course all of the other players acquire five cards each. Once you have seen your hand and the casino’s 1st card, you need to in turn make a call wager or give up. The call wager’s amount is akin to your beginning bet, indicating that the risks will have doubled. Giving Up means that your wager goes directly to the dealer. After the bet is the conclusion. If the dealer doesn’t have ace/king or better, your wager is given back, plus an amount in accordance with the ante. If the house has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand is greater than the bank’s hand. The bank pony’s up cash equal to your ante and controlled expectations on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for three of a kind
- four to one 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