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Caribbean Poker Rules and Tips

Poker has become world acclaimed lately, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game shows. The games universal appeal, though, stretches back in reality a bit farther than its TV ratings. Over the years several variants on the first poker game have been created, including a handful of games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of the above-mentioned games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely resembling twenty-one than long-standing poker, in that the players wager against the dealer instead of each other. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no bluffing or other kinds of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up before the croupier announcing "No more wagers." At that point, both you and the dealer and of course all of the other players are given 5 cards each. After you have looked at your hand and the casino’s 1st card, you need to in turn make a call bet or bow out. The call bet’s value is equal to your beginning bet, which means that the stakes will have doubled. Surrendering means that your wager goes directly to the casino. After the bet comes the conclusion. If the dealer doesn’t have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, plus a sum in accordance with the original wager. If the casino has a hand with ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand is greater than the bank’s hand. The house pony’s up cash even with your bet and controlled odds on your call wager. These expectations are:

  • Even for a pair or high card
  • two to one for two pairs
  • three to one for 3 of a kind
  • four to one for a straight
  • 5-1 for a flush
  • 7-1 for a full house
  • twenty to one for a four of a kind
  • 50-1 for a straight flush
  • one hundred to one for a royal flush