Internet poker has become world famous lately, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game events. The games universal appeal, though, arcs back in reality a bit further than its television scores. Over the years several variants on the original poker game have been developed, including a few 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 related to twenty-one than old guard poker, in that the gamblers wager against the bank rather than the other players. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no bluffing or other kinds of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up prior to the croupier announcing "No more bets." At that point, both you and the bank and of course every one of the different players acquire five cards each. Once you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s first card, you have to in turn make a call wager or accede. The call wager’s amount is equal to your original ante, meaning that the risks will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your wager goes immediately to the casino. After the wager comes the showdown. If the bank does not have ace/king or better, your wager is returned, with a figure equal to the initial wager. If the casino has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the casino’s hand. The bank pays money equal to your wager and set expectations on your call wager. These expectations 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
- five to one for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- 20-1 for a 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush