Internet poker has become world famous lately, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game shows. The games universal appeal, though, arcs back quite a bit farther than its TV ratings. Over the years numerous variants on the original poker game have been developed, including a few games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling twenty-one than long-standing poker, in that the players wager against the bank instead of each other. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no conniving or other kinds of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to ante up before the croupier announcing "No further bets." At that instance, both you and the dealer and of course all of the other players attain five cards. After you have observed your hand and the casino’s first card, you need to either make a call wager or surrender. The call wager’s value is akin to your beginning ante, which means that the risks will have doubled. Abandoning means that your wager goes instantaneously to the house. After the bet is the conclusion. If the casino does not have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, plus a sum equal to the ante. If the house does have ace/king or better, you win if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The bank pays chips even with your original bet and controlled expectations on your call wager. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- 3-1 for three of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- twenty to one for a four of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush