Poker has become globally acclaimed recently, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, arcs back in fact a bit further than its television scores. Over the years numerous variants on the earliest poker game have been created, including some games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling vingt-et-un than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers wager against the dealer instead of the other players. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is little conniving or other kinds of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up before the croupier announcing "No further wagers." At that instance, both you and the casino and of course all of the other gamblers attain five cards. Once you have seen your hand and the casino’s initial card, you must either make a call bet or give up. The call bet’s amount is equal to your original bet, indicating that the risks will have doubled. Bowing out means that your bet goes immediately to the bank. After the wager comes the conclusion. If the dealer does not have ace/king or better, your wager is returned, with an amount in accordance with the ante. If the casino does have ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the casino’s hand. The dealer pony’s up chips equal to your bet and set odds on your call wager. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- three to one for three of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- 20-1 for a 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush