Caribbean Poker Regulations and Tricks
Internet poker has become world famous recently, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, stretches back in fact a bit farther than its TV scores. Over the years several variants on the first 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 related to twenty-one than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers bet against the bank instead of the other players. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is little bluffing or other kinds of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to ante up before the dealer announcing "No further bets." At that point, both you and the dealer and of course every one of the other gamblers acquire five cards. Once you have seen your hand and the casino’s initial card, you need to in turn make a call wager or give up. The call wager’s amount is equal to your original wager, meaning that the risks will have doubled. Giving Up means that your wager goes immediately to the house. After the bet is the showdown. If the dealer does not have ace/king or greater, your bet is returned, with a figure on par with the original wager. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The house pony’s up money even with your ante and fixed expectations on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- three to one for 3 of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- twenty to one for a 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush