Poker has become world celebrated as of late, with televised championships and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, arcs back in reality a bit farther than its television ratings. Over the years several types on the first poker game have been created, including some games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of the above-mentioned games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely resembling twenty-one than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers bet against the casino instead of each other. The succeeding hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no bluffing or other types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up before the croupier announcing "No further bets." At that point, both you and the house and of course every one of the other gamblers receive five cards each. After you have looked at your hand and the bank’s first card, you must either make a call wager or bow out. The call wager’s value is equal to your beginning bet, indicating that the risks will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your wager goes immediately to the bank. After the bet comes the face off. If the dealer does not have ace/king or better, your bet is given back, including a figure on par with the original bet. If the casino has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand is greater than the dealer’s hand. The dealer pays out cash equal to your bet and set expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- 3-1 for three of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- 7-1 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
