Poker has become globally acclaimed lately, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game shows. The games universal appeal, though, stretches back in reality a bit farther than its TV scores. Over the years many variations on the earliest poker game have been created, including a handful of games that are not quite 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 gamblers bet against the bank instead of each other. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little bluffing or other types of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up just before the dealer saying "No more bets." At that instance, both you and the casino and of course every one of the different players are given 5 cards. Once you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s first card, you must either make a call wager or give up. The call bet’s amount is akin to your original wager, meaning that the stakes will have increased two fold. Giving Up means that your bet goes directly to the bank. After the bet is the conclusion. If the bank doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your bet is given back, with a sum equal to the initial wager. If the bank has a hand with ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The bank pays money equal to your initial bet and controlled odds on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- 3-1 for 3 of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- seven to one 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