Caribbean Poker Protocols and Tricks
Online poker has become globally famous as of late, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, stretches back in fact a bit further than its TV ratings. Over the years numerous variations on the earliest poker game have been created, including some games that are not in reality poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely resembling chemin de fer than traditional poker, in that the gamblers wager against the house rather than each other. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is little concealment or other types of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up before the croupier declares "No more wagers." At that moment, both you and the bank and of course every one of the other gamblers acquire 5 cards. Once you have observed your hand and the bank’s 1st card, you must in turn make a call bet or accede. The call wager’s amount is akin to your beginning wager, which means that the stakes will have increased two fold. Bowing out means that your bet goes directly to the house. After the bet comes the face off. If the house does not have ace/king or greater, your wager is returned, plus an amount in accordance with the original bet. If the bank has a hand with ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand is greater than the dealer’s hand. The dealer pays out chips even with your bet and controlled expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for 3 of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- 20-1 for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- 100-1 for a royal flush