Poker has become world celebrated recently, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. Its universal appeal, though, stretches back quite a bit further than its TV scores. Over the years several variants on the earliest poker game have been developed, including some games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these particular games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely resembling 21 than traditional poker, in that the gamblers wager against the dealer rather than the other players. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no bluffing or different kinds of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up just before the dealer announcing "No further wagers." At that moment, both you and the casino and of course all of the other gamblers are given five cards. After you have seen your hand and the casino’s initial card, you must in turn make a call wager or give up. The call bet’s value is akin to your beginning wager, which means that the risks will have increased two fold. Giving Up means that your bet goes directly to the casino. After the wager comes the showdown. If the dealer doesn’t have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, including a sum on par with the ante. If the casino does have ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The dealer pays cash even with your ante and fixed odds on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two 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
- twenty to one for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush