Poker has become globally famous as of late, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit further than its television ratings. Over the years numerous variations on the first poker game have been developed, including some games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to 21 than old guard poker, in that the gamblers wager against the dealer rather than each other. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little concealment or different types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up prior to the croupier saying "No more bets." At that moment, both you and the dealer and of course all of the other players receive five cards each. After you have seen your hand and the bank’s 1st card, you have to either make a call bet or surrender. The call bet’s value is on same level to your original bet, indicating that the stakes will have doubled. Abandoning means that your ante goes instantaneously to the house. After the wager comes the showdown. If the house doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, with a sum equal to the ante. If the house has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the casino’s hand. The bank pays chips equal to your original bet and set odds on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- 3-1 for three 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
- 100-1 for a royal flush
