Poker has become globally famous lately, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, stretches back in fact a bit further than its television scores. Over the years numerous variations on the original poker game have been developed, including a few games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely affiliated with chemin de fer than old guard poker, in that the players wager against the house instead of the other players. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no concealment or other types of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up prior to the dealer announcing "No further bets." At that moment, both you and the house and of course all of the different gamblers are given five cards each. Once you have seen your hand and the dealer’s initial card, you have to in turn make a call bet or bow out. The call wager’s value is equal to your beginning wager, indicating that the stakes will have doubled. Giving Up means that your bet goes instantly to the bank. After the wager comes the face off. If the bank does not have ace/king or better, your wager is given back, with an amount on par with the ante. If the casino does have ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand is greater than the dealer’s hand. The dealer pays out chips even with your ante and set odds on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- three to one for three of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- twenty to one for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush
