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April
Written by Bo.
Posted in: Poker
Poker has become globally acclaimed lately, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, stretches back in reality a bit farther than its TV scores. Over the years several types on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of the above-mentioned games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely related to chemin de fer than old guard poker, in that the players bet against the house rather than each other. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is little bluffing or different kinds of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to ante up before the croupier announcing "No more bets." At that instance, both you and the bank and of course all of the other gamblers acquire five cards. After you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s first card, you have to either make a call bet or give up. The call bet’s value is akin to your original ante, meaning that the stakes will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your ante goes instantly to the bank. After the wager is the face off. If the dealer does not have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, with a figure in accordance with the ante. If the bank has a hand with ace/king or better, you win if your hand is greater than the bank’s hand. The house pays out money even with your original bet and controlled odds on your call wager. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- 3-1 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
- fifty to one for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush
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