Caribbean Stud Poker Tips for Success in Canada

Caribbean poker is played at a blackjack-style table with 7 players. The game is played with a standard 52-card deck and consists of three bets: ante, bet and an additional bet on the progressive jackpot. To start a round, you must place an ante bet that is at least the minimum allowed bet at the table. You can also place an additional $1 bet on the progressive jackpot slot. Each Canadian player is dealt 5 cards face down sequentially. The dealer is dealt 4 cards face down and one face up. Now you decide whether to continue the game further or discard the cards.

Rules of the Caribbean Herd

The rules of the Caribbean Stud game are quite simple. The best poker hand wins. There is only one small nuance. This means that the dealer must have at least an ace and a king in his hands before he can receive payouts. If you decide to play your hand, you must place a bet twice the size of your ante. If the dealer has not qualified and you have not given up, the ante is paid equally, and all other bets are refunded.

This does not apply to the progressive jackpot. If the dealer does not meet the requirements and you have one of the combinations listed below, you will still win the jackpot. If you have one of the hands that meets the jackpot criteria, and the dealer meets those criteria, and your hand beats the dealer, you get both a jackpot win and a regular game win. If the dealer wins your qualifying combination, you will lose all your bets, but you will still get the jackpot. 

Caribbean Stud Progressive Jackpot payouts are as follows:

• The Royal Flush pays out 100% of the jackpot;
• Straight Flush pays out 10% of the jackpot;
• Four types – $ 100;
• Full house is paid in the amount of $75;
• The flush is paid in the amount of $50.

If the dealer has at least an ace with a king in his hands, then this is a qualifying combination, and in order to win, your hand must beat the dealer. If your hand beats the dealer, then all the antes are paid equally plus the following payouts depending on your poker combination:

• 1 to 1 with an ace-king or one pair;
• 2 to 1 with two pairs;
• 3 to 1 with three of the same type;
• 4 to 1 on the street;
• 5 to 1 with a flash;
• 7 to 1 at full house;
• 20 to 1 for four;
• 50 to 1 with a straight flush;
• 100 to 1 with a royal flush.

The main strategy of playing Caribbean Stud Poker 

Let’s try to outline this strategy in a few brief statements to eliminate misunderstandings.

• You need to put a confirmation on any pair;
• You need to discard all the cards without combinations;
• If the dealer has a king or ace open, you need to confirm on the ace/king with a queen or jack;
• If you have an ace/king and a card of the same value as the dealer, confirm.

Remember that the ace/king combination, despite its apparent weakness, is quite a formidable weapon when used correctly. By constantly discarding such cards, you significantly increase the percentage of the casino’s advantage, thereby reducing your chances of winning.

Playing on multiple boxes

The basic rules of playing Caribbean Poker on one box have been listed above. Let’s look at the main differences of the multibox version of the game:

• The player can buy from 1 to 3 boxes. At the same time, he can choose any of the 3 boxes on the table. The 3rd box is always played closed, i.e. the player immediately makes the initial ante bet and the main bet on it. Bets on different boxes do not depend on each other, you can bet 1 on the first box and 100 on the second;
• After placing bets, the dealer deals 5 cards to himself and for each purchased box face down. After that, the dealer opens his last card;
• The Canadian player starts by analyzing the cards on the first field and must make one of three decisions. And only after that he gets the right to look at the cards on the second field;
• In the first and second fields, the player has the right to make one exchange each. At each exchange, the player can change five cards. On the third box, the player cannot change cards and cannot surrender – the third box is played anyway. As in a single-box game, the replacement of cards is paid for with an amount equal to the ante bet;
• A player cannot change cards if after that he does not have enough funds to place a bet in the current box. If, after the exchange on the first box, the player cannot pay the bet with virtual funds on the second box, only one action will be available to him – “Surrender”;
• After the player makes a decision regarding the current box (“Play” or “Surrender”), the cards of the next box are opened and the turn is transferred to it. If the next box is the 3rd, or if the current box is the last one bought by the player, the turn goes to the dealer. The dealer opens his cards and compares his cards with the player’s cards.

FAQ