Online poker has become globally famous as of late, with televised events and celebrity poker game events. The games popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit farther than its television ratings. Over the years several variations on the first poker game have been developed, including some 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 affiliated with twenty-one than long-standing poker, in that the players wager against the house instead of each other. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is little bluffing or other types of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up prior to the dealer announcing "No further bets." At that instance, both you and the dealer and of course all of the different gamblers are given 5 cards each. After you have observed your hand and the casino’s first card, you must in turn make a call bet or give up. The call wager’s amount is equal to your original bet, meaning that the risks will have doubled. Bowing out means that your bet goes instantaneously to the casino. After the bet is the conclusion. If the casino does not have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, plus a figure in accordance with the initial bet. If the house has a hand with ace/king or greater, you win if your hand defeats the casino’s hand. The house pays out cash even with your wager and set expectations on your call wager. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- 3-1 for 3 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
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush
