Web poker has become globally acclaimed lately, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit further than its television ratings. Over the years numerous variants on the original poker game have been created, including a handful of games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to chemin de fer than old guard poker, in that the gamblers bet against the house instead of the other players. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no concealment or different types of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up prior to the croupier saying "No further bets." At that instance, both you and the casino and of course every one of the different gamblers are given 5 cards each. Once you have observed your hand and the bank’s initial card, you have to in turn make a call wager or give up. The call wager’s value is akin to your original wager, which means that the stakes will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your bet goes directly to the casino. After the wager is the face off. If the house does not have ace/king or greater, your wager is given back, including a figure in accordance with the original bet. If the house has a hand with ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand is greater than the casino’s hand. The house pony’s up money equal to your bet and controlled odds on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 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
- 20-1 for a 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush