How
to Win at Caribbean Poker
The
caribbean stud poker player should raise on any pair or better, fold on
everything less than ace or king, and should from time to time raise and
sometimes fold on ace or king, this is how to win at Caribbean Poker. Online
Approved Casinos has summarized certain patterns to follow when folding
or raising:
- Raise if the caribbean stud poker dealer's card is a
2 through queen and matches one of yours.
- Raise if the caribbean stud poker dealer's card is an
ace or king and you have a queen or jack in your hand.
- Raise if the caribbean stud poker dealer's rank does
not match any of yours and you have a queen in your hand
and the dealer's card is less than your fourth highest
card.
The subsequent are various other caribbean stud poker strategies,
their total loss based on all probable 19, 933, 230, 517,
200 combinations of hands, the caribbean stud poker house
edge, and the "element of risk". The "matching
rank" strategy calls for raising on any pair or better
and on ace/king when one of the player's cards matches the
rank of the caribbean stud poker dealer's up card.
Strategy Statistics in caribbean stud poker
| Strategy |
Total loss |
House edge |
Element of risk |
| Perfect strategy |
1,041,372,912,372 |
5.224% |
2.555% |
| Three rules of thumb (above) |
1,041,417,758,724 |
5.225% |
2.554% |
| Raise on ace/king/jack/8/3 or better |
1,059,715,400,580 |
5.316% |
2.596% |
| Raise on any pair or better |
1,090,272,101,460 |
5.470% |
2.738% |
| Raise on any ace/king or better |
1,132,600,203,540 |
5.682% |
2.672% |
| Playing blind (raise on everything) |
3,310,360,338,060 |
16.607% |
5.536% |
| Matching rank |
1,063,176,931,284 |
5.334% |
2.616% |
The caribbean stud poker house edge vs element of risk
Any reputable caribbean stud poker book will tell you that
the house edge in caribbean stud poker is about 5.2%. In caribbean
stud poker the player will wager about just as much in raises
as in antes, and this surplus of money bet is not considered
in the caribbean stud poker house edge statistic.
The caribbean stud poker 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 caribbean stud poker 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 caribbean stud
poker players had a royal flush in the same hand at most places
the first one to the caribbean stud poker dealer's left would
win the jackpot and the second would win whatever the caribbean
stud poker jackpot is re seeded to, usually $10,000 or $20,000.
Some places would split the caribbean stud poker jackpot between
the two caribbean stud poker players. In the event that two
caribbean stud poker players received a straight flush at
the same time the first one to the caribbean stud poker dealer
left would get 10% of the meter and the second would get 10%
of what was left after the first caribbean stud poker player
was paid. In other words it pays to sit as close as possible
to the dealer's left. While the expected return varies depending
on the size of the caribbean stud poker jackpot it is mostly
a suckers bet that will not pay off in the end. The average
house edge is 26.46%.
For every dollar bet 71 cents goes into the caribbean stud
poker 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 caribbean stud poker jackpot. The caribbean stud
poker house edge is just under the cut per bet because the
casino puts up the initial seed to start a new caribbean stud
poker jackpot after somebody wins the previous one. At the
Casino Niagara the house can expect to receive 18.84 times
as much money from the 29% cut as it pays to seed new caribbean
stud poker jackpots.
The table below shows four different payoff tables. It should
not be interpreted that a casino with a caribbean stud poker
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 caribbean stud
poker players money because it is only a matter of time before
somebody wins it all.
The caribbean stud poker side bet jackpot payoff table;
|
Table 1 |
Table 2 |
Table 3 |
Table 4 |
Table 5 |
Table 6 |
| Royal flush |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Straight flush |
10% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
| Four of a kind |
$100 |
$150 |
$500 |
$500 |
$500 |
$500 |
| Full house |
$75 |
$100 |
$100 |
$150 |
$75 |
$100 |
| Flush |
$50 |
$50 |
$50 |
$75 |
$50 |
$75 |
Below is a key to some of the casino where each payoff table
above can be found. Unless otherwise stated the casino is
in Las Vegas.
Table 1: Ballys, Paris, California, Las Vegas Club, Hilton
Table 2: Luxor, Excalibur, Mandaley Bay, Monte Carlo
Table 3: Bellagio, Venetian, Rio, Every casino in Atlantic
City, Casino Niagara (Niagara Falls, Ontario), Grand (Tunica),
Gold Strike (Tunica), Ballys (Tunica), Sheraton (Tunica),
Isle of Capri (Tunica), Hollywood (Tunica), Harrah's (Tunica)
Table 4: Harrah's, Circus Circus
Table 5: Flamingo Hilton
Table 6: Imperial Palace, Horseshoe (Tunica)
To calculate an exact payback use the following formulas where
j equals the jackpot meter:
Table 1: (598,600 + 7.6 * j) / 2,598,960
Table 2: (723,400 + 7.6 * j) / 2,598,960
Table 3: (941,800 + 7.6 * j) / 2,598,960
Table 4: (1,256,700 + 7.6 * j) / 2,598,960
Table 5: (848,200 + 7.6 * j) / 2,598,960
Table 6: (1,069,500 + 7.6 * j) / 2,598,960
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