Caribbean Stud Poker guide
Your goal in Caribbean Poker is to beat the dealer's hand with a winning five-card combination.Caribbean Poker game is based on the card rankings of five-card stud poker. in this game, the player bets against the house instead of other players.
The game starts when each player placing initial wager (ante). After all bets are placed, players receive five cards face down. The dealer also receives five cards. four cards face down and the final card face up.
Each player has to decide whether to stay in the game (raise) or quit the game (fold). If you decide to raise, you must place an additional wager, which is exactly twice the initial ante wager. If you decide to fold, you forfeit the ante wager.
Next, the dealer reveals his remaining four cards. The dealer must qualify to play by receiving a poker hand consisting of an Ace/King or higher. If the dealer's hand does not qualify, players will receive a 1-1 payout on ante bet and raise wager will be returned without additional winnings.
If the dealer's hand qualifies, all players that have a higher ranking hand than the dealers hand, are paid out 1 to 1 on their ante bets. If the dealers hand is higher in rank, player will lose both raise and ante wagers.
If the dealer's hand and a player hand tie (all five cards are identical in rank-suits are not considered), the ante and raise wagers are both considered pushes, and your bets will be returned.
Ranking of hands for Caribbean stud poker
Hand
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Payoff
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Probability
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Royal flush
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100 to 1
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0.0000015
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Straight flush
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50 to 1
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0.0000139
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Four of a kind
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20 to 1
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0.0002401
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Full house
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7 to 1
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0.0014406
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Flush
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5 to 1
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0.0019654
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Straight
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4 to 1
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0.0039246
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Three of a kind
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3 to 1
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0.0211285
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Two pair
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2 to 1
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0.0475390
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Pair
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1 to 1
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0.4225690
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Ace/King
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1 to 1
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0.0643642
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Caribbean Strategy
In Caribbean Stud Poker there are not a lot of poker strategies that you are used to. First you can't bluff because you get dealt five cards and those cards must be shown to determine the winner.
In Caribbean Poker you play against the house rather than other players. The house has a 5.26 percent edge over any player. However, we provide you some advises that could be of help to your winning a little more often than you might otherwise.
Raise on any pair or better. This includes raisingon a low pairs like a pair of two's or three's, although these Bets are associated with a net average expected loss.
Fold on anything less than ace/king.Raise only on ace/king when one of your cards matches the rank of the dealer's up card.
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