Poker has become globally celebrated lately, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit farther than its television ratings. Over the years numerous variations on the earliest poker game have been created, including a few games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of the above-mentioned games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to 21 than long-standing poker, in that the players wager against the house instead of the other players. The winning hands, are the established poker hands. There is no conniving or different kinds of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up before the croupier saying "No more bets." At that instance, both you and the bank and of course all of the different players acquire 5 cards each. After you have observed your hand and the bank’s 1st card, you need to either make a call wager or give up. The call wager’s amount is on same level to your original wager, indicating that the risks will have increased two fold. Giving Up means that your wager goes directly to the casino. After the bet is the face off. If the dealer doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your bet is given back, plus an amount in accordance with the ante. If the bank has a hand with ace/king or greater, you win if your hand defeats the dealer’s hand. The dealer pony’s up cash equal to your bet and fixed expectations on your call bet. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for two 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 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush