Caribbean Poker Odds (Stud)

Caribbean Stud is one of poker varieties where gamblers play against casino and if dealer fails, player wins. The amount of money won depends on the hand player has.

After the deal has been made it’s up to you, whether you fold or stay. In order to stay you need to put in or raise your bet. First let’s review the situation when player and dealer check their hands. Player wins in case his/her hand is better than dealer’s one or if dealer hasn’t got a hand with ace king high or better. When player decides to raise his bet, the game can continue according to different scenarios.

If you seek best payoffs, you need to create the following situation: you raise, the dealer qualifies with ace king or better, but you still win with your hand. Let’s look what you will get in this case:

  • You have a hand that is worse than two pairs. In this case you get paideven money.
  • You’ve got two pairs. Your win will be 2-to-1.
  • Three of a kind will give you 3-to-1.
  • Straight will increase your bet up to 4 times.
  • Flush means 5-to-1.
  • Full house will give you generous 7-to-1 (experiences players usually try
    to win on full houses).
  • Four of a kind hand yields 20-to-1.
  • Finally, royal flush means fantastic 10-to-1!

Caribbean Stud Progressive is relatively new type of this game that gains its popularity quickly. The reasons for that are simple - with just $1 you get a chance to win monster payouts. So called progressive side bet means you should put an extra dollar into progressive slot for each hand. If your progressive bet is going, your payouts are increased up to 50-to-1 on flush and 75-to-1 on full house regardless of the fact, has dealer’s hand qualified or no. Certainly, not only these to combinations give you increased payouts. Four of a kind usually yields 100-to-1 win.

If you have ever tried playing progressive Caribbean Stud, you know what all gamblers want here. Those lucky players who manage to get straight flush get as much as 10% of prize pool and royal flush means all prize pool is yours! Progressive jackpots are different and depend on how long they haven’t been hit. Usually this is tenths of thousands of dollars, but sometimes progressive jackpots reach tremendous sums of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Posted on 24th June 2009
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Caribbean Poker Strategy (Caribbean Stud Poker)

I am glad to acquante you with Caribbean Poker strategy (Caribbean Stud Poker). In this article I am going to give you several practical tips and advice in order to help you become more skilled and successful gambler in this widely-spread casino game, both on-line and on-land.

Caribean Poker

Caribbean Stud Poker is a very popular game because it is very simple to play it and this kind of poker doesn’t require to study big strategies. So, it is Caribbean Stud Poker that a lot of gamblers prefer to play especcially those who just start to play poker.

You should know that in Caribbean Stud Poker a built-in house edge of 5.26%. It means that for every 100 dollars a gambler bets on, consequently they should lose $5.26. Below we present a some kind of strategy, that is so simple to be called just “strategy”. It will reduce the house’s chances and at the same time will help to verify the sum of bankroll unsteadiness you may face with.

Firstly, we’’ll explain you two common mistakes that an amateur gambler can make:

1) A great deal of gamblers use the strategy of folding on all pairs not more than 5, based on the supposition that it is not worth the risk on a such weak hand. However, if you take into account the odds and likelyhoods that the dealer also faces, you will observe that any pair will consistently beat the dealer over time. Actually, the weakest pair defeats the dealer approximately half of the time.

2) Bluffing is a second common mistake. No one Stud Poker expert will give you an advice to bluff.Your task is to fold on a nothing hand. If your hand doesn’t contain a pair or an A-K then it is better for you wait for the next hand.

Now I’m going to present some strategy basics and explain what you should do . . .
In Caribbean Stud Poker the most important moment when a gambler should make a decision whether to fold or raise the wager once the cards have been dealt. There may be 4 possible sequels once the decision has been made:

  • The gambler folds and loses the ante wager.
  • The gambler raises and gets just the ante wager because the dealer can’t qualify.
  • The gambler raises and gets both the ante wager and the raise wager because the dealer qualified and the gambler’s hand defeats the dealer’s one.
  • The gambler raises and loses both the ante wager and the raise wager because the dealer qualified and the dealer’s hand defeats the gambler’s one.

It is clear that in some cases the decision about folding or raising is easy. For instance, in situation when you have a flush or a full house, it is better to raise and wait that the dealer also qualifies. But according to abovelisted basics sometimes you must fold, especcially in case when you are dealt a hand which doesn’t contain a pair or an A-K.

You should remember that the odds are in your favor if you have a pair in your hand, so it is the most wise decision for you to raise. If the gambler was dealt a non-paired hand than he should fold a hand that does not have an A-K. Below we present the chart which help you to see when you should make the raise wager.

Gambler’s Hand Dealer’s Showing
Any Pair Any Card
A-K-Q-J-x  Any Card
A-K-Q-x-x * Must match one of gambler’s cards
A-K-J-x-x * Must match one of gambler’s cards
A-K-10-x-x * Must match one of gambler’s cards

* The reason why the dealer’s upcard must match one of the gambler’s cards is to diminish the possibility of the dealer having a pair.

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Posted on 19th June 2009
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How To Shoot Craps

Step №1:

Select one gambler who will roll the dice first. The player who rolls the dice is a shooter and he should wager on the game to continue. Other gamblers will wager on the shooter’s play.

Step №2:

Set up the point by having the player who is a shooter roll the dice. In case when he rolls two, three or twelve they have shot craps and lost. Then the next shooter should play. In case when the shooter rolls seven or eleven, that is called as a natural, he wins and shoots again. Any other amount establishes as the point.

Step №3:

Wager on whether the player who shoots will pass, or roll the point again before rolling seven, or not pass, rolling seven before rolling the point. But when you play formal games you may make other wagers. In official craps the main wager is only  the “Pass - Do Not Pass" wager.

Step №4:

You should roll the dice some times until the shooter rolls a seven or the point. In case when the shooter is not able to pass then a new shooter starts his play.

Step №5:

Compose all wages before the next shooter starts play.

Hints and Cautions

“Hard" numbers is a consequence of doubles on the dice. There are two exceptions from a rule: it is double 1s, which has the name Snake Eyes, and double 6s, which is called Boxcars. Double 2s are known as a Hard Four. A majority of other numbers are called "East."

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Posted on 11th June 2009
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