Web poker has become world acclaimed lately, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game shows. Its universal appeal, though, stretches back in reality a bit further than its television scores. Over the years numerous variants on the first poker game have been created, including a handful of games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of the above-mentioned games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely affiliated with vingt-et-un than old guard poker, in that the players wager against the house instead of each other. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no concealment or other kinds of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up before the dealer broadcasting "No more wagers." At that instance, both you and the house and of course every one of the other players acquire five cards. After you have seen your hand and the casino’s first card, you need to either make a call bet or surrender. The call wager’s value is equal to your beginning ante, which means that the stakes will have doubled. Abandoning means that your ante goes instantly to the dealer. After the bet is the face off. If the dealer does not have ace/king or better, your wager is given back, plus a figure equal to the initial wager. If the house has a hand with ace/king or greater, you win if your hand defeats the dealer’s hand. The dealer pony’s up cash equal to your bet and fixed expectations on your call bet. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- three to one for three 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
