Poker has become world famous lately, with televised championships and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, arcs back in reality a bit further than its television scores. Over the years numerous types on the original poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to twenty-one than old guard poker, in that the gamblers bet against the bank instead of each other. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no concealment or different types of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up prior to the croupier declares "No more bets." At that instance, both you and the house and of course all of the other players are given 5 cards each. After you have seen your hand and the dealer’s initial card, you have to in turn make a call wager or bow out. The call wager’s value is akin to your beginning bet, meaning that the risks will have increased two fold. Bowing out means that your ante goes immediately to the house. After the bet is the showdown. If the casino doesn’t have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, plus a sum on par with the initial wager. If the house has a hand with ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The house pony’s up money even with your initial bet and controlled expectations on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- three to one for three of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- 20-1 for a four of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush