Poker has become world acclaimed recently, with televised events and celebrity poker game events. Its universal appeal, though, stretches back quite a bit further than its television scores. Over the years many variations on the first poker game have been created, including a few games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of the above-mentioned games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to 21 than old guard poker, in that the gamblers bet against the house rather than the other players. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little conniving or different kinds of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to ante up prior to the dealer broadcasting "No further bets." At that point, both you and the house and of course every one of the different gamblers are given 5 cards. Once you have observed your hand and the bank’s 1st card, you have to either make a call wager or give up. The call wager’s value is on same level to your beginning wager, meaning that the risks will have doubled. Bowing out means that your wager goes immediately to the bank. After the wager comes the face off. If the house does not have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, plus a sum equal to the ante. If the bank does have ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand beats the dealer’s hand. The casino pays chips even with your initial bet and set expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- 3-1 for three of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- 5-1 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
- 100-1 for a royal flush