Internet poker has become world famous lately, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. Its universal appeal, though, stretches back in fact a bit farther than its television ratings. Over the years numerous variants 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 particular games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling twenty-one than traditional poker, in that the players bet against the dealer instead of each other. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is little bluffing or other types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up prior to the dealer declares "No further wagers." At that instance, both you and the dealer and of course every one of the other gamblers acquire 5 cards. Once you have observed your hand and the dealer’s 1st card, you have to either make a call bet or give up. The call bet’s amount is equal to your beginning ante, meaning that the stakes will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your wager goes directly to the house. After the wager comes the conclusion. If the bank does not have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, plus a sum equal to the initial wager. If the house does have ace/king or better, you win if your hand is greater than the dealer’s hand. The dealer pony’s up cash even with your bet and fixed expectations on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- three to one for 3 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 4 of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush