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Online poker has become globally acclaimed recently, with televised events and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit farther than its TV ratings. Over the years several variants on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of the above-mentioned games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to vingt-et-un than traditional poker, in that the gamblers bet against the casino instead of each other. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no concealment or other types of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up just before the croupier saying "No further wagers." At that moment, both you and the bank and of course every one of the other gamblers acquire five cards. After you have looked at your hand and the bank’s initial card, you have to either make a call wager or give up. The call bet’s value is akin to your original wager, indicating that the stakes will have doubled. Giving Up means that your wager goes directly to the bank. After the bet comes the face off. If the casino doesn’t have ace/king or better, your wager is returned, with an amount in accordance with the ante. If the dealer does have ace/king or better, you win if your hand is greater than the bank’s hand. The casino pays out chips even with your wager and set odds on your call wager. These expectations are:

• Even for a pair or high card
• 2-1 for 2 pairs
• 3-1 for 3 of a kind
• 4-1 for a straight
• 5-1 for a flush
• seven to one for a full house
• twenty to one for a four of a kind
• fifty to one for a straight flush
• 100-1 for a royal flush