Online poker has become globally famous lately, with televised events and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit farther than its television ratings. Over the years many variants on the original poker game have been created, including a handful of games that are not in reality poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to chemin de fer than traditional poker, in that the players wager against the bank rather than the other players. The succeeding hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little conniving or different types of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up just before the croupier broadcasting "No further wagers." At that moment, both you and the house and of course all of the other players attain 5 cards. After you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s initial card, you need to in turn make a call bet or surrender. The call wager’s value is equal to your original ante, meaning that the stakes will have doubled. Abandoning means that your bet goes immediately to the bank. After the wager is the conclusion. If the dealer does not have ace/king or better, your wager is given back, plus a sum equal to the ante. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The bank pays cash equal to your wager and set odds on your call wager. These odds 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
- 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