
Caribbean stud poker is a hand game played on a blackjack type table, with a standard 52 card deck. Players try to beat the dealer and gain odds based on a payment schedule. Payment schedule and detailed explanation included.
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Caribbean Stud Poker
In Brief
Caribbean stud poker is a hand game played on a blackjack type table, with a standard 52 card deck. Players try to beat the dealer and gain odds based on a payment schedule.
Caribbean Stud Poker, Detailed Explanation
This game is a variation of poker played on a blackjack sized table. Play starts with each player making an ante bet in a designated square.
Each player then receives five cards face down. Players may examine their own cards but may not share information with each other. The dealer also receives five cards, four face down and one face up.
At this point each player has two options: raise or fold.
If the player raises he puts twice his ante bet in the raise box.
If the player folds he must relinquish his cards to the dealer, who will collect his ante bet.
After all players have made their plays the dealer exposes his own cards. If he does not qualify with at least an ace and king then all remaining ante bets pay even money and all raise bets push.
If the dealer does qualify then each remaining player hand is individually compared against the dealer's hand, and the best poker hand wins in each case. If the dealer has the higher hand the player loses both ante and raise. In the unlikely event the two hands are equal in value then both ante and raise push.
If the player has the higher hand the ante pays even money and the raise pays according to payment schedule opposite.