Online poker has become globally famous lately, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game events. The games popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit further than its TV scores. Over the years numerous variations on the first poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not in reality poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling vingt-et-un than old guard poker, in that the gamblers wager against the dealer rather than the other players. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little conniving or other types of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up before the dealer saying "No more wagers." At that point, both you and the house and of course all of the other gamblers are given five cards. After you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s initial card, you need to in turn make a call wager or give up. The call wager’s value is akin to your original ante, meaning that the risks will have doubled. Surrendering means that your bet goes immediately to the casino. After the bet is the showdown. If the house does not have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, including a figure in accordance with the ante. If the bank has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The casino pays out cash equal to your wager and controlled odds on your call bet. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- three to one for three 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
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush