Poker has become globally celebrated recently, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit farther than its TV ratings. Over the years many variations on the original poker game have been developed, including some games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling 21 than long-standing poker, in that the players bet against the house rather than each other. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is little conniving or different types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up just before the dealer announcing "No more bets." At that point, both you and the dealer and of course all of the other gamblers receive 5 cards. Once you have observed your hand and the casino’s initial card, you need to either make a call bet or surrender. The call bet’s amount is equal to your original bet, indicating that the risks will have doubled. Abandoning means that your bet goes immediately to the bank. After the bet is the showdown. If the house does not have ace/king or better, your wager is returned, plus an amount in accordance with the ante. If the bank does have ace/king or greater, you win if your hand beats the dealer’s hand. The bank pays out cash equal to your initial bet and controlled odds on your call wager. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- three to one for three of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- twenty to one for a 4 of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush