Poker has become world celebrated lately, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit further than its television scores. Over the years several variations on the earliest poker game have been developed, including some games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to twenty-one than long-standing poker, in that the players bet against the casino instead of the other players. The winning hands, are the established poker hands. There is no concealment or other types of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up prior to the croupier announcing "No more bets." At that moment, both you and the dealer and of course every one of the other gamblers are given 5 cards each. Once you have looked at your hand and the casino’s 1st card, you have to either make a call wager or surrender. The call bet’s amount is on same level to your original bet, meaning that the stakes will have doubled. Abandoning means that your bet goes instantly to the house. After the wager is the showdown. If the dealer doesn’t have ace/king or better, your bet is given back, including a sum on par with the ante. If the bank does have ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand beats the dealer’s hand. The dealer pays out money even with your ante and controlled odds on your call bet. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for three of a kind
- four to one 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
- 100-1 for a royal flush