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Online poker has become globally celebrated as of late, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. Its popularity, though, stretches back quite a bit further than its TV ratings. Over the years several variations 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 these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely affiliated with 21 than traditional poker, in that the gamblers wager against the house instead of each other. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no conniving or other types of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up before the dealer saying "No more bets." At that moment, both you and the dealer and of course all of the other gamblers are given 5 cards. After you have seen your hand and the dealer’s first card, you need to in turn make a call wager or give up. The call wager’s amount is on same level to your original wager, meaning that the stakes will have increased two fold. Surrendering means that your wager goes immediately to the house. After the wager is the showdown. If the house doesn’t have ace/king or better, your wager is given back, including an amount in accordance with the initial wager. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or greater, you win if your hand beats the dealer’s hand. The casino pony’s up cash equal to your bet and set odds on your call wager. These expectations are:

• Equal for a pair or high card
• 2-1 for two pairs
• 3-1 for three of a kind
• four to one for a straight
• 5-1 for a flush
• seven to one 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