Caribbean Stud Poker

By Wagercomms

The Game

The game of opportunities, before you know it a four of a kind is on the table, paying 20 to 1, and together with a progressive jackpot it's a game that really can pay off.

How to Play Caribbean Stud Poker

Caribbean poker is played with a deck of 52 cards. In order to participate in the game, you must first place an "ante bet" plus an optional 1-bonus bet. You are then dealt a hand of five cards-all of them face up. The dealer also receives five cards, four cards dealt face down and one card face up. In Caribbean poker, the player and the dealer compare hands formed from their five cards. No additional cards are dealt.

When you have looked at your cards and the dealer's up card, you must decide whether to challenge the dealer's hand with a bet or to surrender. If you wish to challenge the dealer, you must place a bet by pressing the BET button. The bet is always equal to twice the ante. If you do not wish to challenge the dealer's hand, you must press surrender and lose your ante.

When you receive a good hand, you wish to place a bet to challenge the dealer's hand. When the bet has been placed, the dealer reveals his four remaining cards and the hands are compared.

The Dealer Must Qualify

In Caribbean poker, the dealer's hand must contain at least one ace and one king in order to qualify. If the dealer's hand does not qualify, you receive 1 to 1 on your ante and your bet is returned to you without winnings.

If the dealer's hand does qualify with a value of at least one ace + one king, the best hand wins. Your winning hand receives 1 to 1 on the ante plus the winnings on your bet, which are calculated according to the winnings table.

Push

When the dealer and the player receive poker hands of equal value, a push game, both the ante and the bet are returned to the player.

Wagers Pay

The following is standard pay on winnings in Caribbean Stud Poker.

Winning Hand       Cards                                                           Pays

Royal Flush              A, K, Q, J, T in same suit                            100 to 1

Straight Flush         Five cards in sequence, same suit        50 to 1

Four of a Kind         Four cards of the same rank                  20 to 1

Full House                Three of a kind and one pair                  7 to 1

Flush                         Five card of the same suit                       5 to 1

Straight                    Five cards in sequence, no suit              4 to 1

Three of a Kind       Three cards of the same rank                3 to 1

Two Pairs                 Two different pairs                                     2 to 1

One Pair                   One pair plus three odd cards                1 to 1

Nothing                    Five cards, nothing of the above            1 to 1

Commonly Caribbean Stud Poker has an aggregate payout limit of 25,000 per hand. This does however not include the progressive jackpot.

Progressive Jackpot

Caribbean Poker offer players the opportunity to place a 1 bonus bet if they wish to participate in a progressive jackpot game. By placing an additional 1 wager, you have the chance to win even when the dealer does not qualify.

Progressive Jackpot Winnings

The dealer does not need to qualify for you to win based on the value of your own five-card hand.

Hand                            Pays

Flush                             50

Full House                    100

Four of a Kind             500

Straight Flush             10% of Jackpot

Royal Flush                  100% of Jackpot

The progressive jackpot meter is per standard set at 45% to the progressive and 55% to the house.

Detailed Odds

Caribbean Stud Poker detailed odds.

Winning hand       Probability          Average return 

Ace/King                 0.00092838         0.00278515

Pair                           0.11662647            0.34987941

Two Pairs                 0.02448234         0.12241170

Three of a Kind       0.01175138            0.08225964

Straight                    0.00219761           0.01977851

Flush                         0.00109651           0.01206161

Full House                0.00083401          0.01251012

Four of a Kind         0.0001421              0.00582594

Straight Flush         0.00000787          0.00079515

Royal Flush              0.00000087         0.00016900

Ante only                 0.22738482          0.22738482

Push                          0.00001614           0

Fold                           0.47774524        -0.47774524

Dealer wins             0.13678629         -0.41035888

                                   1                            -0.05224306

House Edge

Per the definition of standard rules of Nevada casinos, one deck game, and the above rules the following house edges applies.

One deck game and optimal play house edge is 5.22%.