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Caribbean Poker Codes and Pointers
Web poker has become globally acclaimed recently, with televised events and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit farther than its TV scores. Over the years several variations on the earliest poker game have been developed, including some games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these particular games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to 21 than traditional poker, in that the gamblers wager against the casino instead of the other players. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little bluffing or different types of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up just before the dealer declares "No more wagers." At that point, both you and the bank and of course every one of the other gamblers are given 5 cards. After you have looked at your hand and the bank’s 1st card, you have to either make a call wager or surrender. The call wager’s amount is akin to your original ante, which means that the stakes will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your ante goes directly to the bank. After the wager is the face off. If the bank doesn’t have ace/king or better, your wager is given back, with a figure in accordance with the ante. If the bank does have ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The dealer pays chips even with your bet and controlled expectations on your call bet. These odds are:
- Equal 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
- five to one for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- 20-1 for a four of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush