Online poker has become globally acclaimed recently, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, stretches back in reality a bit further than its TV ratings. Over the years numerous variations on the earliest poker game have been created, including a handful of games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of the above-mentioned games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely resembling vingt-et-un than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers bet against the casino rather than each other. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no concealment or other types of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up before the dealer saying "No further bets." At that point, both you and the house and of course every one of the other gamblers acquire five cards each. After you have seen your hand and the casino’s initial card, you need to in turn make a call bet or bow out. The call wager’s value is akin to your beginning wager, indicating that the risks will have doubled. Giving Up means that your bet goes directly to the casino. After the bet is the showdown. If the dealer doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your bet is returned, including an amount equal to the original bet. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or greater, you win if your hand is greater than the casino’s hand. The bank pony’s up money even with your initial bet and set 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
