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Caribbean Poker Rules and Hints
Poker has become globally famous as of late, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, stretches back in fact a bit further than its TV scores. Over the years many variants on the first poker game have been developed, including some games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to blackjack than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers wager against the bank instead of the other players. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no conniving or other types of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up just before the croupier announcing "No further bets." At that point, both you and the house and of course all of the different players attain five cards. Once you have observed your hand and the dealer’s initial card, you must either make a call wager or bow out. The call wager’s value is on same level to your beginning ante, indicating that the stakes will have increased two fold. Surrendering means that your bet goes immediately to the dealer. After the bet comes the showdown. If the house does not have ace/king or greater, your bet is returned, plus a sum equal to the initial bet. If the house does have ace/king or better, you win if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The bank pony’s up money equal to your bet and controlled odds on your call wager. These expectations are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- 3-1 for 3 of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- 20-1 for a four of a kind
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush