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

 

Note...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 Table

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

 

Note... 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%.