The game of carribean stud poker is a variation of poker played on a Blackjack sized table. There is a particularly good carribean stud poker game available online at Grand Online Casino as they have a progressive version of stud poker, which makes it all the more fun to play; they're also offering a whopping 200% bonus at the moment so it's a great time to start practising your Caribbean Stud Poker there.

Carribean stud poker starts with each poker player making an ante bet in a designated square. Each poker player then receives five cards face down. Players may examine their own cards but may not share information with each other. The stud poker dealer also receives five cards, four face down and one face up. At this point each poker player has two options: raise or fold. If the poker player raises he puts twice his ante bet in the raise box. If the poker player folds he must relinquish his cards to the poker dealer, who will collect his ante bet.After all poker players have made their plays the poker dealer exposes his own cards. If he does not qualify with at least an ace and king then all remaining ante bets pay even money and all raise bets push. If the poker dealer does qualify then each remaining poker players hand is individually compared against the dealer's hand, and the best carribean stud poker hand wins in each case. If the poker dealer has the higher hand the poker player loses both ante and raise. In the unlikely event the two hands are equal in value then both ante and raise push. If the poker player has the higher hand the ante pays even money and the raise pays according to the following pay table.