How To Play Caribbean Stud

How to play Caribbean Stud Poker

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One you should find familiar, though, is Caribbean Stud Poker or Caribbean Poker. Despite the fancy name, Caribbean Stud poker is more or less the same as good old fashioned 5-Card Stud – a game you likely played around the kitchen table with your grandparents.

If you’ve played 5-Card Stud Poker you have all the game knowledge you need to play Caribbean Stud right away, although there are a few key differences to take note of before you sit down:

Bluffing in Caribbean Stud Poker is non-existent
No draws are made (although you might find some rare Caribbean Stud variations where a draw or two has been added)
You’re playing against the house at all times - not other players
Outside of those small differences, you’re ready to play Caribbean Stud poker!

Rules of Caribbean Stud Poker
The actual rules of Caribbean Stud poker are simple. The dealer at the table will deal out 5 cards, face down, to each player at the table that has placed the initial bet (ante) on the table.

The dealer will then deal a 5-card hand face down to themselves with one major difference:

They will flip one card (typically the last) over to display face up
Once that card is flipped up you can look at your own 5-card hand and decide if you’d like to place an extra bet (generally 2x the ante bet) on top of your ante bet.

If you decide to fold, you will lose your ante bet and will have to wait until the next hand is dealt to play again. You can continue on in the hand only by making the additional bet.

Caribbean Stud Poker

Caribbean Stud Rules. How to play Caribbean Stud or Caribbean Stud Poker
The following rules are typical of play in U.S. casinos, but some of the details, such as payouts and betting limits, vary by location.
To play, each player places his or her ante on a marked spot on the table playing surface ("the layout"); all ante wagers must be placed prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets". Each player also has the option to participate in the progressive jackpot feature of the game. This is also done before the dealer announces "no more bets", usually in a separate marked area. Each player and the dealer will then receive five cards, face down. The dealer will turn over one of his cards, after which the players may look at their cards.
Players have the option to either play or fold. Any player choosing to play places their raise, an additional wager equal to twice the amount of the ante, into the box marked Bet. Any player who chooses to fold forfeits their ante. After all the players have made their decisions, the dealer reveals their four face down cards. The dealer only qualifies (plays) if his hand either contains both an ace and a king or forms a pair or any higher-ranked poker hand. The dealer then compares his five-card hand to those of the other players, individually, and both the ante and the raise bets of all players whose hands beat the dealer's qualified hand win. If they do not beat the dealer's hand, they lose both the ante and the raise wager. If a player ties with the dealer, both ante and raise bets push (return to their respective players with no additional money won). If the dealer's hand does not qualify, the ante bets of players get paid even money while the respective raise bets all push.

The basic rules for Caribbean Stud are the same in the UK as the US, although the payouts differ – the maximum bet is generally £100 on the ante and £200 on the raise, and all payouts are paid on the raise, meaning the maximum payout can potentially be £10,000 (a Royal Flush pays at the same odds, 50:1, as a Straight Flush). If the dealer does not show an Ace/King, hands playing the jackpot must be turned over, face up, and shown to the dealer and table. If the player is not playing the jackpot prize, the cards are not shown.
History
As a result of the popularity of poker, casinos created a house-banked game in order to entice poker fans to play more table games. The birth of the game is not well referenced, which is unusual for a relatively new game. Professional poker player David Sklansky has claimed that he invented the game in 1982 using the name “Casino Poker”.[1] When he developed the game the rules had some differences, with the dealer having two cards revealed instead of only one one. Likewise there was no progressive jackpot in the game he allegedly founded. Sklansky was unable to patent "Casino Poker" due to patent laws, according to the story. A few years afterwards he was approached by a poker player who brought the game to The King International Casino in Aruba (now known as the Excelsior Casino) and had it patented. The poker player and the casino owner changed the rules slightly to create current Caribbean stud poker.