Internet poker has become globally famous lately, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. The games universal appeal, though, stretches back in fact a bit farther than its TV scores. Over the years numerous variations on the earliest poker game have been created, including a handful of games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of the above-mentioned games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to 21 than traditional poker, in that the gamblers bet against the casino rather than each other. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no bluffing or different types of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up prior to the croupier announcing "No more wagers." At that instance, both you and the bank and of course all of the different gamblers acquire five cards each. Once you have observed your hand and the casino’s initial card, you must in turn make a call bet or surrender. The call wager’s value is equal to your original wager, meaning that the stakes will have increased two fold. Giving Up means that your bet goes directly to the dealer. After the wager comes the face off. If the bank doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, with a sum in accordance with the ante. If the casino does have ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the dealer’s hand. The dealer pony’s up money equal to your wager and fixed expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- three to one for 3 of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- twenty to one for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush