Internet poker has become world celebrated recently, with televised events and celebrity poker game events. The games popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit further than its television ratings. Over the years many variations on the earliest poker game have been created, including a handful of games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to vingt-et-un than traditional poker, in that the players wager against the casino rather than each other. The winning hands, are the established poker hands. There is no bluffing or other types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up just before the croupier broadcasting "No further wagers." At that moment, both you and the house and of course all of the different gamblers receive five cards each. Once you have seen your hand and the dealer’s first card, you must in turn make a call bet or bow out. The call bet’s amount is akin to your beginning wager, indicating that the risks will have increased two fold. Bowing out means that your ante goes instantaneously to the bank. After the wager comes the showdown. If the dealer doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your bet is given back, with a figure in accordance with the initial bet. If the bank has a hand with ace/king or greater, you win if your hand beats the bank’s hand. The dealer pays money equal to your ante and fixed expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- three to one for 3 of a kind
- four to one 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
- 100-1 for a royal flush