Internet poker has become world famous lately, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, arcs back in reality a bit further than its TV scores. Over the years numerous variations on the first poker game have been developed, including some games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of the above-mentioned games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely affiliated with blackjack than old guard poker, in that the players bet against the house instead of the other players. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no conniving or different types of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up just before the croupier announcing "No further wagers." At that instance, both you and the house and of course every one of the other gamblers are given 5 cards each. Once you have seen your hand and the bank’s 1st card, you must in turn make a call bet or surrender. The call wager’s value is on same level to your beginning bet, which means that the risks will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your bet goes directly to the house. After the wager is the conclusion. If the casino does not have ace/king or better, your wager is given back, including a sum in accordance with the ante. If the casino does have ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the casino’s hand. The bank pays out chips even with your initial bet and controlled odds 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
- 5-1 for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- 20-1 for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush