Poker has become globally famous lately, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years several variants on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a few games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 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 bet against the dealer instead of each other. The succeeding hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no concealment or other kinds of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up prior to the croupier declares "No more bets." At that point, both you and the dealer and of course every one of the other gamblers attain 5 cards. After you have seen your hand and the bank’s first card, you must either make a call wager or bow out. The call wager’s value is akin to your original ante, meaning that the risks will have increased two fold. Surrendering means that your ante goes directly to the casino. After the wager is the conclusion. If the dealer doesn’t have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, plus a figure equal to the ante. If the casino has a hand with ace/king or better, you win if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The bank pays out cash even with your ante and controlled odds on your call bet. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for 3 of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- twenty to one for a 4 of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush