Online poker has become globally famous recently, with televised championships and celebrity poker game shows. Its universal appeal, though, stretches back quite a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years several variations on the first poker game have been developed, including some games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely affiliated with vingt-et-un than traditional poker, in that the players wager against the house instead of each other. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little conniving or other types of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up before the dealer saying "No more wagers." At that instance, both you and the casino and of course all of the other players receive 5 cards each. After you have observed your hand and the bank’s first card, you need to either make a call wager or bow out. The call bet’s amount is akin to your beginning bet, meaning that the stakes will have doubled. Giving Up means that your bet goes directly to the dealer. After the wager is the showdown. If the bank doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, plus a sum equal to the ante. If the bank has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand beats the dealer’s hand. The casino pays chips equal to your wager and set expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:

  • Equal for a pair or high card
  • two to one for 2 pairs
  • three to one for 3 of a kind
  • 4-1 for a straight
  • 5-1 for a flush
  • 7-1 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