Web poker has become globally famous lately, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, arcs back in reality a bit further than its television scores. Over the years numerous variants on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not in reality poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling chemin de fer than old guard poker, in that the gamblers wager against the dealer instead of each other. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no bluffing or different types of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up just before the croupier broadcasting "No more bets." At that point, both you and the dealer and of course all of the different gamblers are given five cards each. After you have seen your hand and the bank’s initial card, you must in turn make a call bet or bow out. The call bet’s amount is equal to your beginning bet, indicating that the stakes will have increased two fold. Giving Up means that your wager goes instantaneously to the dealer. After the bet comes the conclusion. If the dealer does not have ace/king or greater, your bet is returned, including an amount equal to the ante. If the dealer does have ace/king or greater, you win if your hand defeats the dealer’s hand. The dealer pays out cash even with your ante and set odds on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- 3-1 for three 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
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush