Poker has become globally celebrated lately, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years several variants on the earliest poker game have been developed, including some games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely resembling chemin de fer than old guard poker, in that the players wager against the casino rather than each other. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no conniving or other types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up prior to the dealer announcing "No more bets." At that point, both you and the dealer and of course all of the different gamblers receive five cards. Once you have seen your hand and the casino’s initial card, you have to in turn make a call wager or accede. The call wager’s value is akin to your beginning bet, which means that the stakes will have doubled. Bowing out means that your ante goes directly to the house. After the wager is the conclusion. If the bank does not have ace/king or greater, your bet is returned, including a sum equal to the original bet. If the house has a hand with ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand beats the dealer’s hand. The house pony’s up money equal to your initial bet and controlled expectations 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
- four to one for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- twenty to one for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush