Internet poker has become world acclaimed lately, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game events. The games popularity, though, stretches back in fact a bit further than its TV ratings. Over the years numerous variations on the original poker game have been created, including a handful of games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of the above-mentioned games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to 21 than old guard poker, in that the players bet against the casino rather than the other players. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no concealment or different types of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up just before the dealer declares "No further bets." At that instance, both you and the bank and of course all of the other gamblers acquire 5 cards each. Once you have observed your hand and the dealer’s initial card, you have to either make a call bet or give up. The call wager’s value is equal to your original wager, which means that the stakes will have increased two fold. Bowing out means that your bet goes instantaneously to the bank. After the wager is the conclusion. If the house does not have ace/king or greater, your bet is returned, plus a sum equal to the original bet. If the bank does have ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand is greater than the casino’s hand. The bank pony’s up money equal to your ante and set odds on your call wager. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for 3 of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- 20-1 for a 4 of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush