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Web poker has become globally acclaimed recently, with televised events and celebrity poker game shows. The games universal appeal, though, stretches back in reality a bit further than its television ratings. Over the years several variants on the earliest poker game have been developed, including some games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely affiliated with chemin de fer than traditional poker, in that the players bet against the dealer rather than each other. The winning hands, are the established poker hands. There is little bluffing or different types of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to ante up prior to the croupier declares "No further bets." At that instance, both you and the bank and of course all of the other players are given five cards each. After you have seen your hand and the dealer’s first card, you have to in turn make a call wager or bow out. The call wager’s value is on same level to your beginning ante, meaning that the risks will have increased two fold. Bowing out means that your ante goes directly to the dealer. After the wager is the face off. If the house doesn’t have ace/king or better, your bet is given back, with a sum equal to the initial wager. If the house has a hand with ace/king or greater, you win if your hand is greater than the bank’s hand. The dealer pony’s up chips even with your initial bet and fixed expectations on your call wager. These odds are:

• Equal for a pair or high card
• 2-1 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 4 of a kind
• fifty to one for a straight flush
• one hundred to one for a royal flush