Poker has become globally celebrated as of late, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. The games universal appeal, though, stretches back quite a bit further than its TV scores. Over the years many variants on the original poker game have been created, including some games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of the above-mentioned games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling chemin de fer than traditional poker, in that the gamblers bet against the dealer instead of the other players. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is little concealment or different kinds of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up before the dealer declares "No more bets." At that moment, both you and the bank and of course all of the different players are given 5 cards each. After you have observed your hand and the dealer’s initial card, you have to in turn make a call wager or surrender. The call wager’s amount is equal to your original ante, meaning that the stakes will have doubled. Abandoning means that your wager goes immediately to the bank. After the wager comes the face off. If the casino doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, with a figure in accordance with the original bet. If the house has a hand with ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand is greater than the dealer’s hand. The casino pays money even with your ante and fixed expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:

  • Equal for a pair or high card
  • 2-1 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
  • 50-1 for a straight flush
  • one hundred to one for a royal flush