Poker has become globally acclaimed recently, with televised events and celebrity poker game events. The games popularity, though, arcs back in fact a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years many variants on the first poker game have been developed, including a few games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of the above-mentioned games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to twenty-one than traditional poker, in that the gamblers wager against the house rather than each other. The winning hands, are the established poker hands. There is no concealment or other kinds of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up prior to the croupier announcing "No further wagers." At that moment, both you and the dealer and of course all of the other players are given 5 cards. Once you have looked at your hand and the bank’s initial card, you need to either make a call wager or give up. The call bet’s amount is equal to your beginning bet, which means that the risks will have increased two fold. Surrendering means that your wager goes immediately to the house. After the bet is the showdown. If the bank does not have ace/king or better, your wager is returned, with a sum on par with the original bet. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or greater, you win if your hand beats the casino’s hand. The house pays chips equal to your wager and fixed odds on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 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 four of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush