Internet poker has become world acclaimed lately, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game shows. The games universal appeal, though, stretches back quite a bit farther than its TV scores. Over the years numerous variations on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of the above-mentioned games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to 21 than old guard poker, in that the gamblers bet against the casino instead of the other players. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little conniving or other kinds of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up before the dealer broadcasting "No more bets." At that point, both you and the bank and of course every one of the other gamblers are given 5 cards. Once you have seen your hand and the bank’s first card, you need to in turn make a call bet or give up. The call wager’s value is akin to your original bet, meaning that the stakes will have increased two fold. Bowing out means that your bet goes directly to the house. After the bet comes the face off. If the casino does not have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, with a figure equal to the ante. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand is greater than the bank’s hand. The dealer pays out cash equal to your original bet and fixed odds on your call bet. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two 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 four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush
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