Online Poker Surfer: How to Play Caribbean Stud Poker

How to Play Caribbean Stud Poker
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pokersurfer on 05/02/2010 12:45:00
 
Originating in the Caribbean and based loosely on 5 card stud poker rules, this
game offers a fan alternative choice to standard table games with a chance to
place a side bet and hit a large jackpot too. A few of these jackpots are
progressive and you can win millions of greenbacks if you break those machines
or tables. What's Caribbean Stud? It isn't a standard poker game in that you
play against the other players and the best player wins the pot. Caribbean stud
belongs to the family of games including Pai Gow poker, Let it Ride and 3 Card
poker as an example, where your contestant is the dealer and your goal is to
form a better poker hand than the dealers hand.
Basic understanding of standard poker hand ranking is needed.
The guidelines of Playing Caribbean Stud : one ) The game begins with the
players placing an ante bet at an identical quantity as the table minimum on the
ante circle on the table. Two ) At the same time, you must judge whether to put
an additional side bet for the progressive jackpot. 4 ) After having a look at
your cards, you must choose whether to double or to call. If you make a decision
to call, you must place an extra bet double the quantity of your previous ante
bet.
Five ) After all of the players have made their choices, the dealer shows his
hand. To qualify in a Caribbean stud poker game, the dealer must have an ace and
a king or better. If he doesn't qualify, you'll be paid back your ante bet but
the call bet is a push. Six ) If the dealers hand qualifies, he compares hands
against every one of the players individually. If his hand is far better than
yours is, you lose both your ante and your call gambles. Seven ) If your hand is
better than the dealers hand, you'd be paid even money for your ante while for
your call you'd be paid according to a paytable. The paytable can change from
one casino to another. Typically, US casinos pay out 50:1 on a straight flush,
20:1 on 4 of a kind, 7:1 on full house, 5:1 on a flush, 4:1 on a straight, 3:1
on 3 of a kind, twenty-one on 2 pairs and even cash on one pair or less. One of
the explanations that Caribbean stud poker is so preferred is the choice of
placing an one dollar side bet and winning a massive progressive jackpot prize.
For a flush, you'd be paid a fifty greenbacks bonus and to win the jackpot that
usually resets from ten thousand bucks, you've got to have a royal flush. your
opportunities to hit a royal flush are estimated as about 650,000 to one,
therefore I might suggest skipping it.