Caribbean Stud Poker is just one of the results of the popularity of the game Poker. It has similarities with the Five-Card Stud Poker. Casinos created a house-banked game, where it is played against the house rather than other players, in order to lure poker fans to play more table games and hence it's called 'Caribbean Stud Poker'. But unlike other standard poker games, Caribbean Stud cannot be beaten in the long run and there is no bluffing or any kinds of deception you can use in order to win.
Caribbean Stud Poker's beginning is a little bit newer unlike other casino games. But there are a handful of claims of how it really started. Another claim said it was formulated in a cruise ship going to Aruba and that the proprietor of the casino called "Excelsior Casino" was believed to be the one who bought the game. It captured the attention of poker fanatics who flocked all the way to Aruba just to play the game.
David Sklansky claimed in a famous poker forum that he formulated the game. According to Sklansky, he invented the game around 1982 and he called it "Casino Poker". The game has a little bit different in terms of rules and progressive jackpots. He was approached by a poker player that brought the game to Aruba and had it patented. The said poker player and with the help of the casino owner, changed the form of Casino Poker and turned it into what we know now as Caribbean Stud Poker.
In 1987, a gambler named James Suttle learned a game from another poker player while playing at Binion's Horseshoe in Downtown Las Vegas. There are was a claim that the poker player offered to teach him the game if he would lend him the amount of $5,000.00. Although, James Suttle denied this claim. James has a friend that owns a casino and also a game developer named Danny Jones, who lend the the said amount because he knew that he could sell the game for a sizable amount of fortune. Danny owned the King's International Casino (currently known now as Grand Holiday Casino) which is located in Aruba.
Every player should place their ante on the marked spot in the table. An ante is described as a forced bet where players place an equal amount of money or chips into the pot before the deal begins. Players are also eligible to participate in the progressive jackpot.
by dropping a chip in the slot on the table which activates the progressive jackpot light for that seat and that particular hand of play. Each player and the dealer will then receive five cards, face down. The dealer will turn over one of his cards, then push the cards toward the players, after which the players may look at their cards. They may only look at their own cards, and may not discuss what they have with any other players at the table.
Each players have the option to play or fold. If they choose to play, they place their bets (which is twice the amount of their respective ante) in the bet box. If they choose to fold, they forfeit their ante. After all the players have made their decisions, the dealer reveals his hole cards. The dealer only plays with an ace/king or higher; they then compare their cards to the other players' cards (individually, right to left), and the players' hands that beat the dealer's qualifying hand wins.
Hand | Payout |
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Royal Flush | 100:1 |
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 |
other | 1:1 |