Online poker has become globally famous as of late, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, stretches back in fact a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years numerous variations on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a few 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 chemin de fer than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers bet against the bank instead of each other. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no concealment or other kinds of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up before the dealer declares "No further wagers." At that moment, both you and the bank and of course every one of the different gamblers are given 5 cards. Once you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s initial card, you must in turn make a call wager or bow out. The call wager’s value is akin to your original ante, meaning that the stakes will have increased two fold. Surrendering means that your wager goes immediately to the bank. After the bet comes the showdown. If the casino doesn’t have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, including an amount in accordance with the original bet. If the dealer does have ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand beats the dealer’s hand. The bank pony’s up money even with your ante and controlled odds on your call wager. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- three to one for 3 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 four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush
