Web poker has become globally acclaimed lately, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, arcs back in reality a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years many variations on the original poker game have been created, including a handful of games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling chemin de fer than traditional poker, in that the players bet against the casino rather than each other. The winning hands, are the established poker hands. There is little concealment or different kinds of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up just before the dealer announcing "No further wagers." At that point, both you and the bank and of course all of the other gamblers receive five cards. After you have seen your hand and the casino’s first card, you must in turn make a call bet or bow out. The call wager’s amount is on same level to your original wager, indicating that the risks will have doubled. Bowing out means that your bet goes directly to the house. After the bet is the showdown. If the bank does not have ace/king or better, your wager is given back, plus a sum on par with the original bet. If the dealer does have ace/king or greater, you win if your hand beats the casino’s hand. The house pays chips equal to your bet and fixed odds on your call wager. These odds are:

  • Equal for a pair or high card
  • two to one for 2 pairs
  • three to one for 3 of a kind
  • 4-1 for a straight
  • 5-1 for a flush
  • 7-1 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