Internet poker has become globally acclaimed lately, with televised events and celebrity poker game events. The games popularity, though, stretches back in reality a bit farther than its TV scores. Over the years several variations on the first poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely affiliated with chemin de fer than long-standing poker, in that the players wager against the house instead of each other. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little concealment or other types of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up prior to the croupier declares "No further wagers." At that moment, both you and the casino and of course all of the different gamblers attain five cards each. After you have looked at your hand and the casino’s initial card, you have to either make a call wager or accede. The call wager’s value is akin to your original bet, which means that the stakes will have doubled. Abandoning means that your bet goes instantaneously to the dealer. After the bet is the face off. If the house doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your bet is returned, including a sum in accordance with the original bet. If the house has a hand with ace/king or greater, you win if your hand is greater than the dealer’s hand. The house pays out chips equal to your ante and fixed odds on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- three to one 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 four of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush