How To Play Poker Stud Caribbean

How to start

1. Stud Caribbean poker is played with the poker software.
   Enter the poker software and press on the "Caribbean" tab. Choose the table on which you want to play according to the limits and the number of players.
2. A table will open before you in which you will have to choose a vacant seat and execute a buy-in.
3. The cards will be dealt to you the moment you execute the first bet (called the ante).
   Enter the primary bet by moving the cursor or by entering the desired sum in the appropriate window.
   If you are interested in participating in the advanced gambling you must mark a V in the Jackpot square.

The stud Caribbean poker rules

Stud Caribbean poker is a five card poker game; it is played with a pack of 52 cards with one to four participants playing against the house dealer.

Like other poker games, the dynamism of Stud Caribbean poker allows for fast gaming and fast gambling decisions.

The game

• The betting structure
• Inserting an advanced bet
• Dealing the hand
• Determining the winning hand
• Income and gambling payments

The betting structure

After the first bet, each player receives a hand composed of five cards face downwards, while the dealer receives the same five card hand, except for the last card which is dealt face upwards.
None of the players may see the hands of the others or communicate with the others or exchange any information regarding the hand that was dealt to him.

Here are the following betting rules:

1. Rules concerning minimum and maximum bets appear in the games lobby, relating to the games limits and number of players
   
   • 4 - 10 € - 0.5 €
   • 4 - 100 € - 10 €
2. In minimum and maximum gambling, the player can make three bets in Stud Caribbean poker.
   
   1. In the first stage every player enters a pre-deal bet (ante). The pre-deal bet is necessary in order to play.
   2. The player can participate in an advanced pot by marking 'V' in the Jackpot square under the gambling button.
   3. After the player receives the hand of five cards, he must immediately declare the purpose of his bet, as described in the following cases:
      
      • The player can fold and with that loose his ante, or
      • The player can bet and with that he bets on precisely twice the sum of the ante.
3. All gambling should be carried out by using the gambling buttons and marking the Jackpot square.

Entering an advanced bet

Each player has the opportunity to gamble on the advanced pot.
Below the betting button on the table there is a marking square, using it the player can bet on the advanced pot for the next hand.
The advanced bet is always considered to be a side bet, the dealer's hand has no influence on the advanced betting results.
Following are the gambling rules which refer to the advanced pot.

1. The regular pot bet is entered simultaneously with the ante in cases where the advanced pot square is checked.
2. All the valid advanced pot bets will be marked by a chip of 0.5 €which will be placed against the ante'.
   A hand which meets the requirements of the advanced pot will be entitled to its proceedings only if the 0.5 € chip is visible.
3. All the advanced pot betting must be made before the dealer deals the cards.
4. Each player is given a time frame in order to decide whether he wants to place an ante bet and whether he wants to enter a bet in the advanced pot.

Dealing the hand

1. efore each hand is dealt, every player is given a time frame to decide if he wants to place the ante and the advanced bet.
2. The dealer starts dealing from his left and moves to his right, dealing five cards to each player including his own hand.
3. The cards are dealt one by one face down. The last dealer's card is dealt face up.
4. After the cards are dealt the player can lift his cards and decide if he wants to place a bet, or fold.
   If the player has a hand with a pair or a stronger combination and he does not act within the time limit allocated to him or is disconnected, the additional bet is placed for him automatically.
5. After the hands of all the players are completed, the dealer turns over his four remaining cards face up.
   For the dealer to meet the requirements he has to have at least an ace and a king.
6. After the dealer inspects all the hands and pays the winnings, all the cards are returned to the shoot.

Determining the winning hand

After all the players complete gambling, the dealer turns over his cards and reveals the house hand.
All the results of the game depend on whether the dealer meets the requirements.

The dealer meets the requirements if he has at least an ace and a king.
In this case, the player's and the dealer's hands are compared in order to decide the result of the game.
In this comparison, the hand with the highest ranking wins. After that:

1. If the dealer did not meet the requirements:
   
   • The player receives the winning amounts for the full-house or stronger hands as they appear in the table of payments schedule.
   • The player receives the ante's betting monies at a ratio of 1 to 1, and the betting money is returned (the hand that meets the advanced pot's conditions will be credited accordingly).
2. If the dealer has satisfied the conditions and:
   
   • The player's hand is stronger than the dealer's hand, the player will receive the ante' monies at a ratio of 1 to 1, and will receive the betting monies as they appear in the payment schedule table. (Every hand that meets the advanced pot's conditions will be credited accordingly), or
   • If the dealer's hand is stronger than the player's hand, the player loses the ante and the betting monies (every hand that meets the advanced pot's conditions will be credited accordingly), or
   • If there is a tie between the dealer's hand and the player's hand, the player will receive the ante and the betting monies back (every hand that meets the advanced pot's conditions will be credited accordingly).

Gambling payments

1. The dealer does not calculate the betting amount and the ante together.
2. After a player (retires or) folds the dealer takes the ante of the player and the cards return to him.
3. The dealer makes sure that each player who decided to participate in the game paid the ante.
4. All the dealer's actions are performed in a clockwise fashion.

The table of payments structure

The game pays the entire ante gambles on a ratio of 1 to 1. The table below details the payment ratios for winning hands (in descending order):

The table of payments structure in stud Caribbean poker

Betting ratio table (Dealer does not meet requirements)	Betting ratio table (Dealer meets requirements)	Winning hand
1 to 50	1 to 100	Royal Flush
1 to 25	1 to 50	Straight Flush
1 to 5	1 to 20	Four of same kind
1 to 2	1 to 10	Full house
–	1 to 7	Flush
–	1 to 5	Straight
–	1 to 3	Three of same kind
–	1 to 2	two pairs
–	1 to 1	a pair or less

The advanced pot payment structure

Following are details of the advanced hands and their winning payments, respectively:

Bets on the advanced pot will be paid provided the following conditions are met (the dealer's hand has no influence on the payment).

• The bet on the advanced pot was entered together with the ante.
• The player received the advanced hand during the dealing of the first five cards.

The table structure of stud Caribbean poker for an advanced hand

The advanced hand	Winning sum
Royal flush	100% of the pot
Straight flush	€1,250
Four of the same kind	€250
Full house	€25
Flush	€15
Straight Three of the same kind	€3