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Caribbean Poker Rules and Pointers
Poker has become globally celebrated recently, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit further than its TV scores. Over the years several variations on the earliest poker game have been created, including a few games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of the above-mentioned games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely affiliated with blackjack than traditional poker, in that the gamblers wager against the house instead of each other. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little concealment or other kinds of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up just before the croupier broadcasting "No further bets." At that point, both you and the casino and of course all of the different gamblers attain 5 cards each. Once you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s first card, you have to either make a call bet or give up. The call bet’s value is equal to your original wager, which means that the stakes will have doubled. Bowing out means that your bet goes instantaneously to the bank. After the bet comes the face off. If the bank does not have ace/king or better, your wager is returned, including a figure equal to the ante. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand is greater than the dealer’s hand. The dealer pays cash equal to your original bet and set odds on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for 3 of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- five to one 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
- 100-1 for a royal flush