Caribbean Stud - How To Play
The dealer then reveals his remaining four cards. If the dealer does not "qualify" by having at least an ace and king, the hand is over and each player who called wins the amount of his ante. If the dealer does qualify, the hand is played to completion. You win both your ante and your call bet if your hand is higher than the dealer's. If the dealer's hand is higher, you lose both bets. There is a bonus payout schedule for winning hands, which makes Caribbean Stud more exciting:
• one pair pays 1 to 1
• two pair pays 2 to 1
• three-of-a-kind pays 3 to 1
• straight pays 4 to 1
• flush pays 5 to 1
• full house pays 7 to 1
• four-of-a-kind pays 20 to 1
• straight flush pays 50 to 1
• royal flush pays 100 to 1
The real attraction of Caribbean Stud is the chance to win big by hitting the progressive jackpot. This bet is purely optional on your part. To be eligible for winning all or part of this jackpot, you must wager an additional$1. There is a drop slot for this bet directly in front of your position on the table. The progressive jackpot pay¬offs are as follows.
• flush pays $50
• full house pays $75
• four-of-a-kind pays $100
• straight flush pays 10% of the progressive jackpot
• royal flush pays 100% of the progressive jackpot
Jackpots are paid regardless of whether the dealer's hand qualifies. Payoffs on the straight flush and royal flush are aggregate (if two or more players win on the same hand, the jackpot is divided proportionately).
Most gaming experts agree that betting the extra $1 for this wager is not a wise idea, even if the progressive jackpot gets up to $200,000. The odds of drawing a royal flush on your first five cards are 649,739 to 1. If you played Caribbean Stud for eight hours a day, it would take you seven years, five months, and two days to play that many hands.. .
