Caribbean Poker Rules and Tricks
Poker has become globally celebrated lately, with televised championships and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit further than its TV ratings. Over the years many variations on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not in reality poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling chemin de fer than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers bet against the dealer instead of the other players. The winning hands, are the established poker hands. There is little concealment or different kinds of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up just before the croupier broadcasting "No more wagers." At that point, both you and the casino and of course every one of the other players receive five cards each. Once you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s initial card, you must in turn make a call bet or accede. The call bet’s value is equal to your original wager, which means that the stakes will have doubled. Abandoning means that your wager goes instantaneously to the casino. After the bet comes the showdown. If the house doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, with a sum in accordance with the initial bet. If the casino does have ace/king or better, you win if your hand defeats the casino’s hand. The bank pony’s up chips equal to your wager and set expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- three to one for three of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- five to one 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