Web poker has become world acclaimed lately, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit further than its television scores. Over the years many variations on the earliest poker game have been created, 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 more closely affiliated with chemin de fer than long-standing poker, in that the players wager against the bank rather than each other. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is no bluffing or other kinds of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up prior to the croupier broadcasting "No more wagers." At that moment, both you and the house and of course all of the other gamblers acquire 5 cards each. Once you have seen your hand and the casino’s first card, you must either make a call bet or bow out. The call wager’s value is equal to your original bet, meaning that the risks will have doubled. Abandoning means that your wager goes instantly to the casino. After the bet comes the showdown. If the house does not have ace/king or greater, your bet is returned, with an amount in accordance with the ante. If the house does have ace/king or greater, you win if your hand is greater than the dealer’s hand. The bank pays cash equal to your wager and set odds on your call wager. These odds 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
- 5-1 for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- twenty to one for a four of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush