Caribbean Poker Codes and Pointers
Online poker has become world famous as of late, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, stretches back in reality a bit farther than its TV ratings. Over the years several types on the first poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of the above-mentioned games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to vingt-et-un than long-standing poker, in that the players wager against the house instead of each other. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no bluffing or different types of deceptiveness. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up just before the dealer declares "No more bets." At that instance, both you and the bank and of course all of the other gamblers receive 5 cards. After you have seen your hand and the casino’s first card, you need to in turn make a call wager or surrender. The call wager’s value is equal to your original bet, which means that the stakes will have doubled. Giving Up means that your ante goes immediately to the bank. After the bet comes the face off. If the house does not have ace/king or greater, your bet is given back, plus an amount on par with the original wager. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or better, you win if your hand defeats the dealer’s hand. The house pony’s up money equal to your bet and controlled expectations on your call wager. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for 3 of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- 7-1 for a full house
- 20-1 for a 4 of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush