Poker has become globally celebrated lately, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game shows. The games universal appeal, though, arcs back quite a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years several variations on the original poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely affiliated with chemin de fer than traditional poker, in that the gamblers wager against the bank instead of each other. The winning hands, are the established poker hands. There is no concealment or other types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up prior to the croupier announcing "No further bets." At that moment, both you and the house and of course all of the other players receive five cards. After you have observed your hand and the dealer’s first card, you need to either make a call wager or give up. The call wager’s value is on same level to your beginning bet, meaning that the risks will have increased two fold. Surrendering means that your bet goes immediately to the dealer. After the bet is the showdown. If the bank doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your bet is returned, with a figure on par with the initial wager. If the bank does have ace/king or greater, you win if your hand is greater than the casino’s hand. The bank pony’s up chips equal to your bet and controlled expectations on your call bet. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for three of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- 20-1 for a 4 of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush
