Poker has become globally famous as of late, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game events. The games popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years many variations on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling twenty-one than long-standing poker, in that the players wager against the dealer rather than each other. The succeeding hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little concealment or other kinds of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up just before the croupier announcing "No further bets." At that moment, both you and the dealer and of course every one of the other gamblers receive 5 cards. After you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s first card, you must in turn make a call bet or surrender. The call bet’s value is akin to your original wager, indicating that the risks will have doubled. Surrendering means that your bet goes directly to the casino. After the bet is the face off. If the dealer does not have ace/king or greater, your bet is returned, with a figure equal to the ante. If the house has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand beats the dealer’s hand. The dealer pays money even with your ante and fixed expectations on your call bet. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- 3-1 for three of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- 20-1 for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush
