Caribbean Stud Poker

Caribbean Stud Poker

Caribbean Stud Poker is a 5 card poker game played with a single deck of 52 cards, where you play against the Dealer. You place an Ante bet, receive a hand, and decide whether you would like to Bet or Fold against the Dealer's hand.

How to play Caribbean Stud Poker

1. Launch the Caribbean Stud Poker game.
2. Select the denomination which you would to bet.
3. Place your bets by clicking on the Ante.
4. To decrease a bet hold down "Shift" on your keyboard and left click the chip pile of the bet you want to decrease.
5. Now click "Deal" to start the hand.
6. You are dealt 5 face up cards, the dealer is dealt 4 face down and 1 face up card.
7. You may now choose to either 'Bet' or 'Fold' the hand. Should you bet, the dealers 4 face down cards are now revealed. Clicking Fold forfeits the Ante bet and ends the game.

You must first place an Ante bet before you can be dealt cards. The player is then dealt 5 face up cards. The dealer also receives 5 cards, 4 face down and 1 face up card. After seeing the dealer's face-up card, you can select to 'Bet' or 'Fold'. To 'Bet', you must place a bet of double the Ante. By folding, a player loses his Ante bet and the hand is ended.

After the Bet has been made, the dealer reveals his four face down cards. In order to play the hand, the dealer must first qualify. In order for the dealers hand to qualify, it must consist of an ace and a king or better. This means the worst hand the dealer will play is Ace, King, Two, Three and Four. If the dealer has a worse hand than this, it pays even money on the Ante bet and the Bet is voided and returned to the player.

If the dealer has a qualifying hand it is compared to your hand. Whoever has the highest ranked poker hand wins. Player wins even money on the Ante Bet and wins according to the Bet Pay Table below on the Bet.

Bet Pay Table

Royal Flush - 500/1
Straight Flush - 50/1
Four of a Kind - 20/1
Full House - 7/1
Flush - 5/1
Straight - 4/1
Three of a Kind - 3/1
Two Pair - 2/1
All Other - Even Money, 1/1

Hand Rankings

Royal Flush -This is the most valuable hand in all of poker. A Royal Flush is composed of Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 10, all of the same suit.

Straight Flush - is comprised of five cards in numerical order, all of the same suit. If there are two Straight Flushes at the table, then whichever hand's Straight Flush reaches the highest card value wins.

Four of a Kind - Four cards of the same rank, for example four kings, plus any fifth card. As always, higher ranks are better.

Full House - Three cards of the same rank, with a pair of another rank. The higher ranking three cards determine which full house beats the other.

Flush - Five cards of the same suit, regardless of their numerical rank. When comparing flushes, they are ranked from the top card on down. If two flushes have exactly the same cards, this is a tie and the hand would push.

Straight - Five sequential cards, regardless of their suits. In a tie, whoever's Straight goes to a higher ranking card wins.

Three of a Kind - Three cards of the same rank, with two unpaired cards. As always, a higher ranked three of a kind defeats a lower ranked three of a kind. In flop games it is possible for both players to have the same three of a kind, in which case the two unrelated "kicker" cards would determine the winner. If the two hands are identical, the hand is pushed.

Two Pair - Two cards of one rank, two cards of another rank and a kicker of a third rank.

One Pair - Two cards of the same rank and three random cards. A higher pair defeats a lower pair. When players have the same pair, the highest kicker cards would determine the winning hand.

High Card - The player holding the highest valued card wins, with the 2 as the lowest card and the Ace as the highest.

Malfunction voids all plays and pays.