Poker has become globally acclaimed as of late, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit further than its television ratings. Over the years numerous types on the original poker game have been created, including a few games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to blackjack than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers wager against the casino instead of the other players. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little concealment or different types of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to ante up prior to the croupier declares "No more wagers." At that point, both you and the bank and of course all of the different gamblers receive five cards each. After you have looked at your hand and the casino’s initial card, you must in turn make a call wager or give up. The call wager’s value is akin to your beginning ante, indicating that the risks will have increased two fold. Surrendering means that your ante goes immediately to the bank. After the wager comes the showdown. If the casino does not have ace/king or better, your wager is returned, plus a sum equal to the ante. If the casino does have ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand beats the bank’s hand. The casino pays out cash even with your ante and controlled expectations on your call wager. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- three to one for three of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- 20-1 for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush
