Online poker has become world famous recently, with televised championships and celebrity poker game shows. The games universal appeal, though, arcs back quite a bit farther than its television ratings. Over the years many variants on the original poker game have been created, including a handful of games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to twenty-one than traditional poker, in that the gamblers bet against the bank rather than the other players. The winning hands, are the established poker hands. There is little bluffing or other kinds of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up before the croupier broadcasting "No more wagers." At that instance, both you and the casino and of course every one of the different gamblers receive five cards. After you have seen your hand and the bank’s first card, you have to either make a call wager or bow out. The call wager’s amount is on same level to your original bet, meaning that the risks will have doubled. Surrendering means that your ante goes immediately to the casino. After the wager is the face off. If the dealer doesn’t have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, with a sum in accordance with the ante. If the casino does have ace/king or better, you win if your hand beats the bank’s hand. The house pony’s up money equal to your bet and set expectations on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 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
- 20-1 for a 4 of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush