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Caribbean Poker Protocols and Pointers
Web poker has become globally famous as of late, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit further than its television ratings. Over the years many variations on the earliest poker game have been created, including some games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these particular games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely resembling vingt-et-un than old guard poker, in that the gamblers wager against the bank rather than the other players. The winning hands, are the established poker hands. There is little bluffing or different types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up before the dealer saying "No further bets." At that moment, both you and the house and of course all of the other gamblers attain 5 cards each. Once you have seen your hand and the casino’s 1st card, you need to in turn make a call wager or give up. The call wager’s value is on same level to your original ante, indicating that the risks will have increased two fold. Surrendering means that your bet goes instantly to the casino. After the bet is the face off. If the bank does not have ace/king or greater, your wager is given back, including a figure on par with the initial wager. If the bank has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the dealer’s hand. The casino pays chips equal to your original bet and set expectations on your call bet. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for three of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- twenty to one for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush