Caribbean Poker Online Advice
How to keep the house edge small in a caribbean poker online game? All you need to do is play anything
greater than AK: this is the smallest hand the dealer can qualify on, so this means you cards are at least one
hand better. Two two cards are ensured to make you loose most of the time in a caribbean poker online round,
so try to play using a big range of starting hands.
Caribbean Poker Online: how it was invented
It’s obvious that Caribbean poker, both online and in brick and mortar casinos appeared in the Carribeans, but
what you don’t know is that it was invented on cruise ships, and as its odds are not that incredibly good for
the player, caribbean poker was introduced at a slow pace in the continent casinos.
Caribbean Poker Online Sites
Even though at the beginning Caribbean poker online wasn’t as popular as traditional online poker, but as
time passed more and more online gamblers started to enjoy it and now Caribbean poker online is really
famous on the world wide web! Some of the best Caribbean poker online sites are Jackpotcity, Villento
Casino or the River Belle online casino.
CARIBBEAN STUD POKER RULES
The game of caribbean stud poker is a variation of poker played on a caribbean stud poker sized table. Following is how the game is played:
First, place a wager, this is called the caribbean stud poker ante.
Second, each player and the dealer is dealt their own five card hand. One of the caribbean stud poker dealer's cards is face up the other four are face down. Third, decide to stay in or fold. If you fold you forfeit your caribbean stud poker ante. If you stay in you must add to your bet double the amount of the ante. Fourth (assuming the player is still in), the caribbean stud poker dealer looks at his/her cards. If the caribbean stud poker dealer does not have at least an ace/king then the player automatically wins even money on the caribbean stud poker ante and the additional wager is returned. If the caribbean stud poker dealer does have at least ace/king then a comparison is made between the caribbean stud poker player's hand and the dealer's hand. If the caribbean stud poker player has the higher hand he/she wins even money on the caribbean stud poker ante, and the additional wager pays according to the payoff table below. If the caribbean stud poker dealer's hand beats the caribbean stud poker player's hand he loses both the ante and raise.
| Hand | Payoff | | Royal flush | 100 to 1 | | Straight flush | 50 to 1 | | Four of a kind | 20 to 1 | | Full house | 7 to 1 | | Flush | 5 to 1 | | Straight | 4 to 1 | | Three of a kind | 3 to 1 | | Two pair | 2 to 1 | | Pair | 1 to 1 | | Ace/King | 1 to 1 |
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 specific 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 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 jackpot is reseeded to, usually $10,000 or $20,000. Some places would split the jackpot between the two 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 player was paid. In other words it pays to sit as close as possible to the caribbean stud poker dealer's left.
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 caribbean stud poker 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)
CARIBBEAN STUD POKER STRATEGY
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% |
Caribbean Poker Online: the house edge
Keeping the house edge as small as you can means playing the progressive jackpot as little as possible in
Caribbean poker online. Some very high odds are needed, around 25,000 to 1 to keep you playing the
Caribbean poker progressive jackpot with winning odds. The important thing in Caribbean poker online is
that you want have fun and that includes the excitement of betting high! Of course you’re the one who will
make all the decisions and you are the master when playing Caribbean poker online, but those are the two
logical lines of thinking that people have concerning the progressive jackpot.
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
The next table shows what the jackpot level would have to be for various rates of return in caribbean stud poker. For example to have a break even chance at the side bet at a casino with caribbean stud poker payoff table 1 the meter would have to be at least $263,205. One visit to a casino should illustrate the typical caribbean stud poker jackpot levels are extremely far from the break-even point and hopefully will convince you to avoid this bet.
The caribbean stud poker Progressive Jackpot Side Bet Average Return Jackpot Meter
| | Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 | Table 4 | Table 5 | Table 6 | | 25% | 6,729 | -9,692 | -38,429 | -79,863 | -26,113 | -55,232 | | 30% | 23,827 | 7,406 | -21,331 | -62,765 | -9,015 | -38,133 | | 35% | 40,926 | 24,505 | -4,232 | -45,666 | 8,084 | -21,035 | | 40% | 58,024 | 41,603 | 12,866 | -28,568 | 25,182 | -3,936 |
| 45% | 75,123 | 58,702 | 29,965 | -11,469 | 42,281 | 13,162 | | 50% | 92,221 | 75,800 | 47,063 | 5,629 | 59,379 | 30,261 | | 55% | 109,319 | 92,898 | 64,162 | 22,727 | 76,477 | 47,359 | | 60% | 126,418 | 109,997 | 81,260 | 39,826 | 93,576 | 64,457 | | 65% | 143,516 | 127,095 | 98,358 | 56,924 | 110,674 | 81,556 | | 70% | 160,615 | 144,194 | 115,457 | 74,023 | 127,773 | 98,654 | | 75% | 177,713 | 161,292 | 132,555 | 91,121 | 144,871 | 115,753 | | 80% | 194,812 | 178,391 | 149,654 | 108,219 | 161,969 | 132,851 | | 85% | 211,910 | 195,489 | 166,752 | 125,318 | 179,068 | 149,949 | | 90% | 229,008 | 212,587 | 183,851 | 142,416 | 196,166 | 167,048 | | 95% | 246,107 | 229,686 | 200,949 | 159,515 | 213,265 | 184,146 | | 100% | 263,205 | 246,784 | 218,047 | 176,613 | 230,363 | 201,245 | | 105% | 280,304 | 263,883 | 235,146 | 193,712 | 247,462 | 218,343 | | 110% | 297,402 | 280,981 | 252,244 | 210,810 | 264,560 | 235,442 | | 115% | 314,501 | 298,079 | 269,343 | 227,908 | 281,658 | 252,540 | | 120% | 331,599 | 315,178 | 286,441 | 245,007 | 298,757 | 269,638 | | 125% | 348,697 | 332,276 | 303,539 | 262,105 | 315,855 | 286,737 |
The caribbean stud poker house edge will depend directly on the progressive meter at any given moment. However over the long haul the casino will enjoy a healthy house edge from the caribbean stud poker side bet. It is typical for the casino to put about 70% to 75% of money bet in the caribbean stud poker jackpot meter and hold onto the rest. Every casino I have asked reseeds the jackpot meter with either $10,000 or $20,000 after somebody hits a caribbean stud poker royal flush which will cost 1.539% of money bet per $10,000 the meter is reseeded with. So the caribbean stud poker house edge will be 1.539% or 3.078% less than whatever cut it keeps for every dollar bet. At the Casino Niagara for example where they keep 29% the house edge will be 27.461%.
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