The objective of Caribbean Stud Poker is to beat the dealer's hand. There is also an optional jackpot bet that qualifies for jackpots on certain hands.
How to Play
Use your left mouse button to click on the value of the chip that you wish to wager. Then place the chip/chips in the ANTE area on the table. If you want to participate in a jackpot game, you must place an additional chip in the JACKPOT area above the ANTE area. You can remove a wagered chip before the game begins by clicking on it with your right mouse button. When you have placed your bets, click the DEAL button to start the game round. Click SAME BET to repeat the bet from the previous round.
Betting Rules
Caribbean Stud Poker is played with a deck of 52 cards. In order to participate in the game, you must first place an ante bet. A jackpot bet can also be placed (lowest valued chip only). You are then dealt a hand of five cards face up. Although your cards are dealt face up, the cards of other players will appear to be dealt face down. The dealer also receives five cards of which four cards are dealt face down and one card face up. In Caribbean Stud 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 dealerīs up card, you must decide whether to challenge the dealerīs hand with a bet or to surrender. If you wish to challenge the dealer, you must place a bet by clicking the BET button. The bet is always equal to twice the ante. If you do not wish to challenge the dealerīs hand, you must click SURRENDER and lose your ante. When the bet has been placed, the dealer reveals his four remaining cards and the hands are compared.
To qualify the dealer needs an ace and a king or a real poker hand (see paytable). If the dealerīs hand does not qualify, you receive 1 to 1 on your ante and your bet is returned to you without winnings.
If the dealerīs hand does qualify, 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 paytable.
When the dealer and the player receive poker hands of equal value, both the ante and the bet are returned to the player.
Jackpot Bet Rules
A jackpot bet can be placed to participate in a jackpot game. You have the chance to win the jackpot even when the dealer does not qualify. You place the jackpot bet by placing a chip in the JACKPOT area above the ANTE bet circle (lowest valued chip only).
Paytable
The dealer must qualify and you must beat the dealer.
| Hand
| Pays
| Card Specifications
|
| Nothing
| 1 to 1
| Five cards of different values.
|
| One pair
| 1 to 1
| Two cards of the same value.
|
| Two Pair
| 2 to 1
| Two sets of two cards of the same value.
|
| Three of a Kind
| 3 to 1
| Three cards of the same value.
|
| Straight
| 4 to 1
| Five cards in numerical sequence but of different suits.
|
| Flush
| 5 to 1
| Five cards of the same suit of any value.
|
| Full House
| 7 to 1
| One pair + three of a kind.
|
| Four of a Kind
| 20 to 1
| Four cards of the same value.
|
| Straight Flush
| 50 to 1
| Five cards in numeric sequence and of the same suit.
|
| Royal Flush
| 100 to 1
| Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and 10 (all of the same suit). |
The table below shows the payout for the jackpot bet. Note that the dealer does not have to qualify.
| Royal Flush
| 100% of the Jackpot
|
| Straight Flush
| 2500
|
| Four of a Kind
| 500
|
| Full House
| 50
|
| Flush
| 25
|
| Straight
| 5
|
| Three of a Kind
| 3 |
