Poker has become world acclaimed lately, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. Its universal appeal, 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 really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these particular games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to chemin de fer than traditional poker, in that the gamblers wager against the casino instead of the other players. The succeeding hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little bluffing or different kinds of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up just before the croupier announcing "No further wagers." At that moment, both you and the casino and of course all of the other players are given five cards each. Once you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s 1st card, you must in turn make a call bet or surrender. The call wager’s value is on same level to your beginning wager, which means that the stakes will have doubled. Surrendering means that your ante goes instantly to the bank. After the wager is the showdown. If the bank doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your bet is given back, including a sum on par with the initial bet. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or better, you win if your hand is greater than the bank’s hand. The house pays cash even with your ante and controlled odds on your call bet. These expectations are:

  • Equal for a pair or high card
  • 2-1 for two pairs
  • three to one for 3 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
  • 50-1 for a straight flush
  • 100-1 for a royal flush