Online poker has become globally celebrated recently, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit further than its TV ratings. Over the years numerous types on the earliest poker game have been created, including a few games that are not in reality poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely resembling chemin de fer than old guard poker, in that the gamblers wager against the house instead of the other players. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no bluffing or different types of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up before the croupier saying "No further bets." At that point, both you and the dealer and of course every one of the other gamblers receive five cards. Once you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s 1st card, you have to either make a call bet or bow out. The call bet’s amount is equal to your original bet, meaning that the stakes will have doubled. Abandoning means that your bet goes instantaneously to the bank. After the wager is the showdown. If the casino doesn’t have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, including an amount in accordance with the original wager. If the casino does have ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand is greater than the casino’s hand. The house pays chips equal to your ante and set expectations on your call bet. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 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 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush
