Poker has become world acclaimed lately, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years several types on the first poker game have been developed, including some games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely affiliated with twenty-one than traditional poker, in that the gamblers bet against the house instead of the other players. The succeeding hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no concealment or different kinds of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up before the dealer announcing "No more wagers." At that instance, both you and the bank and of course all of the different gamblers receive five cards. After you have observed your hand and the bank’s first card, you have to either make a call wager or bow out. The call bet’s value is equal to your beginning bet, meaning that the stakes will have doubled. Abandoning means that your wager goes instantaneously to the casino. After the wager is the conclusion. If the bank does not have ace/king or better, your wager is returned, with a sum on par with the ante. If the house does have ace/king or better, you win if your hand is greater than the bank’s hand. The casino pays out money even with your original bet and controlled expectations on your call wager. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- three to one for 3 of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- twenty to one for a 4 of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush