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Caribbean Poker Regulations and Tricks
Web poker has become globally acclaimed recently, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit farther than its television ratings. Over the years numerous variations on the first poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these particular games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to chemin de fer than old guard poker, in that the gamblers bet against the casino rather than the other players. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is little bluffing or different types of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up prior to the dealer announcing "No further wagers." At that point, both you and the dealer and of course all of the different players acquire five cards each. Once you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s initial card, you must either make a call bet or bow out. The call wager’s value is equal to your original bet, which means that the risks will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your ante goes instantaneously to the casino. After the wager is the face off. If the bank doesn’t have ace/king or better, your wager is returned, plus an amount equal to the original wager. If the house does have ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The dealer pony’s up chips even with your ante and controlled odds on your call wager. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- two to one for two pairs
- 3-1 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