Caribbean Stud Odds
In Caribbean Stud, players play a form of poker against the house and get paid off by beating the dealer. How much they get paid off depends on their hand. If a player wishes to stay in the game after the deal, he is required to put in a raise bet.
If he does and his hand beats the dealer's or the dealer's hand is not ace king high or better, the player wins even money on his initial, ante wager. What happens to his raise bet varies according to the situation.
Odds On Caribbean Stud Raise Bet
The real fun payoffs come in Caribbean Stud when you have a superior hand and get paid off on your raise bet. The only way to get paid off on the raise bet is if the dealer qualifies with ace king or better and you win the hand. If this happens, you get even money on your ante bet and your raise bet gets paid off as follows:
If you have less than two pair you get paid even money. Two pair pays off at 2-to-1 and three of a kind at 3-to-1. If you are lucky enough to be dealt a straight, you get 4-to-1 in odds on your raise bet and with a flush, 5-to-1. A full house earns you a 7-to-1 pay out. It's above full houses that you really score in Caribbean Stud. Four of a kind pays out at 20-to-1, a straight flush at 50-to-1 and a royal flush at a whopping 100-to-1!
Odds on Caribbean Stud Progressive bet
Your best chance at a monster payout comes with the $1 progressive side bet, which you are eligible for if you put an extra dollar in the progressive slot on each hand. If you have the progressive bet going, you are paid 50-to-1 on a flush and 75-to-1 on a full house whether the dealer qualifies or not. Four-of-a-kind usually pays 100-to-1. However, the real reason you play the progressive is for the possibility of a straight flush or a royal flush. A straight flush pays 10 percent of the prize pool and a royal 100 percent. The progressive jackpot prize pool can reach hundreds of thousands of dollars if it is not hit for a long enough time. This could be a pretty good investment for a single dollar.