WELCOME
TO
CARIBBEAN
STUD POKER
As with any new game you want to learn how to deal, I
suggest you consider the following:
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Read the basic rules of play |
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Play a free online version of Caribbean Stud Poker and learn how
to play the game on your computer. NO DOWNLOAD |
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Watch the game being dealt at work on one or two of your breaks. |
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Go to another casino on your night off and actually play the live game. |
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Come back and read the Caribbean
stud poker dealing advice |
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Read
up on your policy manual that the casino gave to you when you were hired if |
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Ask the Pit Manager if you can break
into dealing the game slowly either on one of your breaks
or stay a few
minutes after your shift and have current dealer "shadow'" you for
a while. This is typically accomplished in most casinos when
business is slow and shouldn't take a craps dealer but a few hours of practice to
feel comfortable dealing this game. |
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Make
sure you butter up the pit manager and floor people a little with that "eager
to learn charm show" of yours about a week or so before hitting
them up for training. |
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Where
there is a 'will' to learn, there will always be a 'way.' |
I
was introduced to this game as a disciplinary measure by my pit manager when I
was a craps dealer. I really pissed him off that day. I had the choice of
counting Keno balls or dealing Caribbean Stud. I chose stud with reluctance
at first, I thought it was a stupid game, then out of nowhere, I liked it.
I don't know why. I could make some money on this game where other dealers
couldn't. The players for the most part are calm and friendly and women like the
game. Sometimes, good looking women. Beats dealing Blackjack any day in my book. Play starts with each player
making an ante bet in a designated square. Each player then receives five cards
face down. Players may examine their own cards but may not share information
with each other. The dealer also receives five cards, four face down and one
face up. At this point each player has two options: raise or fold. If the player
raises he puts twice his ante bet in the raise box. If the player folds he must
relinquish his cards to the dealer, who will collect his ante bet. After all
players have made their plays the dealer exposes his own cards. If he does not
qualify with at least an ace and king then all remaining ante bets pay even
money and all raise bets push. If the dealer does qualify then each remaining
player hand is individually compared against the dealer's hand, and the best
poker hand wins in each case. If the dealer has the higher hand the player loses
both ante and raise. If the player has the higher hand the ante pays even money
and the raise pays according to the following pay table.
| Hand |
Payoff |
| Royal flush |
100 to 1 |
| Straight flush |
50 to 1 |
| Four of a kind |
20 to 1 |
| Full house |
7 to 1 |
| Flush |
5 to 1 |
| Straight |
4 to 1 |
| Three of a kind |
3 to 1 |
| Two pair |
2 to 1 |
| Pair |
1 to 1 |
| Ace/King |
1 to 1 |
Strategy
The player should raise on
any pair or better, fold on anything less than ace/king, and should sometimes
raise and sometimes fold on ace/king.
| Raise if the dealer's card is
a 2 through queen and matches one of yours.
| Raise if the dealer's card is
an ace or king and you have a queen or jack in
| Raise if the dealer's rank
does not match any of yours and you have a queen in |
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Progressive Jackpot Side Bet
In Caribbean Stud Poker the
player has the choice to make a side bet of $1 which pays for hands of a flush
or better. The specific payoff tables vary from place to place but always
feature a progressive jackpot, paying 100% of the jackpot meter for a royal
flush and 10% for a straight flush. In the very unlikely event that two players
had a royal flush in the same hand at most places the first one to the dealer's
left would win the jackpot and the second would win whatever the jackpot is
reseeded to, usually $10,000 or $20,000. Some places would split the jackpot
between the two players. In the event that two players received a straight flush
at the same time the first one to the dealer left would get 10% of the meter and
the second would get 10% of what was left after the first player was paid.
While the expected return varies
depending on the size of the jackpot it is a sucker bet the vast majority of
time. The average house edge is 26.46%.
For every dollar bet 71 cents goes
into the jackpot and the casino keeps the other 29 cents. This rate of
contribution can vary from place to place. All payoffs are paid right out of the
meter. Every time somebody hits a royal flush the house contributes $10,000
(called the seed) to the next jackpot. The house edge is just under the cut per
bet because the casino puts up the initial seed to start a new jackpot after
somebody wins the previous one. The house can expect to receive 18.84 times as much money from the 29% cut as it pays to seed new
jackpots.
It should not be interpreted that a casino
with a payoff table that pays more for a flush, full house, and four a kind is
being generous. Since these payoffs come out of the meter the casino is
indifferent to any win other than a royal flush (causing them to have to reseed
the meter). The money in the meter can be considered the players money because
it is only a matter of time before somebody wins it all.
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