Online poker has become globally celebrated lately, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. Its universal appeal, though, arcs back in fact a bit further than its TV ratings. Over the years many variants on the original poker game have been created, including a handful of games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to twenty-one than traditional poker, in that the gamblers wager against the house instead of the other players. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little concealment or different types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up before the croupier announcing "No further wagers." At that point, both you and the casino and of course all of the different players attain five cards. Once you have observed your hand and the casino’s initial card, you have to in turn make a call wager or accede. The call wager’s amount is on same level to your beginning ante, meaning that the risks will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your ante goes instantly to the casino. After the bet is the conclusion. If the bank does not have ace/king or better, your wager is given back, including a figure on par with the original wager. If the bank has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand is greater than the casino’s hand. The bank pays out cash even with your ante and set expectations on your call wager. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- three to one for 3 of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- twenty to one for a four of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush