Web poker has become world famous lately, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game events. Its universal appeal, though, stretches back in reality a bit further than its TV ratings. Over the years numerous variants on the earliest poker game have been created, including a few games that are not in reality poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to vingt-et-un than traditional poker, in that the players bet against the house instead of each other. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is no conniving or other types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up just before the croupier announcing "No more bets." At that moment, both you and the dealer and of course every one of the other players are given 5 cards each. After you have seen your hand and the dealer’s first card, you must in turn make a call bet or surrender. The call wager’s value is on same level to your original bet, which means that the risks will have increased two fold. Giving Up means that your bet goes immediately to the casino. After the wager is the face off. If the casino doesn’t have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, including an amount in accordance with the ante. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or greater, you win if your hand beats the bank’s hand. The casino pays cash even with your wager and controlled expectations on your call bet. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- three to one for 3 of a kind
- 4-1 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
- 100-1 for a royal flush