Poker has become globally acclaimed recently, with televised championships and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, stretches back in fact a bit further than its television ratings. Over the years several variations on the earliest poker game have been developed, including some games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of the above-mentioned games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to twenty-one than old guard poker, in that the players wager against the dealer rather than the other players. The succeeding hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no concealment or different kinds of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up just before the croupier declares "No more bets." At that moment, both you and the casino and of course every one of the other gamblers receive 5 cards each. After you have looked at your hand and the casino’s initial card, you need to in turn make a call wager or bow out. The call wager’s amount is akin to your beginning ante, 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 face off. If the house doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your wager is given back, with a sum in accordance with the ante. If the bank does have ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand beats the bank’s hand. The dealer pays out cash equal to your ante and set odds on your call bet. These expectations 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
- five to one for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- 20-1 for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush