Poker has become globally celebrated lately, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. The games popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit farther than its TV scores. Over the years many variants on the first poker game have been developed, including a few games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to vingt-et-un than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers bet against the casino rather than each other. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is no bluffing or different types of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up just before the croupier saying "No further bets." At that instance, both you and the bank and of course all of the different players attain five cards each. Once you have seen your hand and the casino’s initial card, you must in turn make a call bet or surrender. The call bet’s amount is equal to your beginning wager, indicating that the risks will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your bet goes instantly to the casino. After the wager is the showdown. If the house does not have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, plus a sum on par with the ante. If the house has a hand with ace/king or greater, you win if your hand is greater than the dealer’s hand. The dealer pays out cash even with your ante and controlled expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- 3-1 for three of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- 20-1 for a 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush