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Caribbean Poker Regulations and Tricks
Poker has become globally famous lately, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game shows. The games universal appeal, though, stretches back quite a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years several variations on the earliest poker game have been created, including a few games that are not in reality poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely resembling vingt-et-un than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers bet against the casino instead of each other. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little bluffing or different types of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to ante up before the croupier announcing "No more wagers." At that moment, both you and the casino and of course all of the other gamblers receive 5 cards each. After you have observed your hand and the bank’s first card, you need to either make a call wager or accede. The call wager’s amount is equal to your beginning bet, which means that the stakes will have increased two fold. Bowing out means that your wager goes directly to the casino. After the bet is the showdown. If the house doesn’t have ace/king or greater, your bet is given back, with a figure on par with the ante. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand is greater than the bank’s hand. The dealer pays money equal to your original bet and controlled odds on your call bet. These expectations are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- three to one for three of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- seven to one 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