02.05
Caribbean Poker Rules and Hints
Poker has become world famous recently, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, stretches back in reality a bit further than its television ratings. Over the years numerous variants on the first poker game have been created, including some games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to blackjack than traditional poker, in that the gamblers bet against the bank rather than each other. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little conniving or other kinds of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up before the croupier saying "No more wagers." At that moment, both you and the bank and of course all of the different players attain five cards each. After you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s initial card, you need to either make a call wager or surrender. The call wager’s amount is on same level to your original bet, meaning that the stakes will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your wager goes instantaneously to the house. After the bet comes the face off. If the dealer doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your bet is given back, including an amount on par with the original wager. If the casino does have ace/king or greater, you win if your hand is greater than the dealer’s hand. The casino pays money equal to your wager and controlled expectations on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- three to one for three of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- five to one 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