Poker has become globally famous lately, with televised championships and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, stretches back in fact a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years numerous variants on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a few games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these particular games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to vingt-et-un than long-standing poker, in that the players bet against the house instead of each other. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no bluffing or other types of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up just before the dealer broadcasting "No more bets." At that instance, both you and the casino and of course all of the different gamblers are given 5 cards. After you have seen your hand and the dealer’s initial card, you have to either make a call wager or accede. The call bet’s amount is akin to your original wager, indicating that the stakes will have doubled. Surrendering means that your wager goes directly to the bank. After the wager is the showdown. If the bank doesn’t have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, with an amount equal to the original bet. If the casino has a hand with ace/king or better, you win if your hand is greater than the bank’s hand. The house pony’s up cash equal to your initial bet and set odds on your call wager. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- 3-1 for three of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- seven to one 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