Internet poker has become globally acclaimed recently, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit farther than its TV scores. Over the years several variants on the first poker game have been created, including some games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely resembling vingt-et-un than traditional poker, in that the players bet against the casino rather than each other. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no concealment or other types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to ante up just before the dealer announcing "No more wagers." At that point, both you and the bank and of course every one of the different gamblers acquire five cards each. Once you have looked at your hand and the casino’s first card, you have to in turn make a call wager or bow out. The call bet’s amount is akin to your beginning ante, indicating that the stakes will have increased two fold. Surrendering means that your ante goes directly to the dealer. After the wager is the conclusion. If the bank does not have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, including a figure on par with the initial wager. If the casino does have ace/king or greater, you win if your hand is greater than the dealer’s hand. The house pony’s up chips equal to your wager and fixed odds 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
- four to one for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- twenty to one for a 4 of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush