Caribbean Poker Rules and Pointers
Internet poker has become world famous as of late, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years several types on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of the above-mentioned games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling blackjack than long-standing poker, in that the players wager against the house rather than the other players. The winning hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no bluffing or other types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up just before the croupier broadcasting "No more bets." At that moment, both you and the house and of course all of the different gamblers acquire five cards. Once you have observed your hand and the bank’s initial card, you have to in turn make a call bet or bow out. The call wager’s value is akin to your original bet, which means that the stakes will have increased two fold. Bowing out means that your wager goes instantly to the casino. After the wager is the face off. If the dealer does not have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, plus a figure in accordance with the ante. If the bank has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The dealer pony’s up money equal to your ante and fixed odds on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- three to one for three of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- 7-1 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