REAL POKER MASTERY

SimonDuffy asked:


Caribbean poker is a casino table game. It has rules similar to the five-card stud poker and cannot be beaten in the long run. The uniqueness of the Caribbean stud is that it is played against the house instead of against other players. It is also free from any sort of deception or bluffing.

In this game each player places his ‘ante’ at the layout on the indicated points. Before the dealer announces ‘no more bets’ the entire ante wagers ought to be placed. The dealer and the players now receive five cards all face-down.

The essential rules of the Caribbean poker that must be followed at every game:

• Each player can have only one hand. They are not allowed to hold or wage on multiple hands at the table.

• When a player chooses to play the Progressive Pay Out feature, he must insert the $1 wager into the slot and make sure that the indicator light is switched on.

• Players are strictly forbidden from communicating and exchanging information based on their hands with other players or the dealer. If a player is found guilty of violation his game will be called a dead hand and he will be forfeited of all his wagers.

• If a player is found to possess an incorrect number of cards his hand will be called a dead hand or push.

• The table/casino supervisor’s decision is final.

• When a dealer has dealt four cards of the five card hand he shall also deal the additional card in order to complete the hand. Any further misdeal to the dealer will result in all the hands being called void and the cards going for a reshuffle.

• Every player must hold his five cards in such a manner that it will always be on the full view of the dealer throughout the game. After the player has examined his cards and placed them face-down on the lay out, he will not be allowed to touch them again.

• Player happens to expose the ‘hole card’ before the dealer announces ‘no more bets’, it will result in all the hands being called void.

The player plays with a single deck of 52 cards against the dealer. A player wins when he has a higher 5-card poker hand than the dealers.

• When the player raises and the dealer doesn’t qualify.

• The player shows a higher 5-card poker hand and eth dealer manages to have a minimum of an Ace/King.

• The Progressive- the player places 41 in eth slot and receives a flush or higher.

There can be only five hands to qualify for the Progressive Jackpot:

• Flush – any five cards of one suit.

• Full House – 3 of a Kind with a Pair.

• 4 of a Kind – any hand of four like cards.

• Straight Flush – Five consecutive cards of the same suit in a row.

• Royal Flush – 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace of the same suit.

The player loses when:

He folds or the dealer qualifies with a higher 5-card poker hand.



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Will Win asked:


Aside from poker, Caribbean Stud Poker is one of the faster growing casino games. It used to be hard to find a place to play, but most casinos today have it. And you’ll always find it at any decent online casino.

I think the game exploded, because it’s a snap to learn and it’s a fun social game. Playing it alone is fun too, but there’s nothing quite like a full and rowdy table of Caribbean Stud Poker players.

Okay, let’s jump into the game and go over some of the rules. If you don’t know how to play and you want to start at the beginning, we’ve got another article on this site that does this.

First, you need to Ante up. Let’s imagine that you’ve just put $5 down. After you get your cards, you need to evaluate them and decide if you want to stay in the hand. Here’s the big decision of the game. If you want to quit, you fold. If not, you need to double your Ante and push this amount to the Bet area. So, in our example, we had a $5 Ante. The Bet would be $10 and we’d end up with $15 on the table.

How you win money

You’re playing against the dealer only. If the dealer has a hand rank of Ace-King or better, it’s game on. If not, your Ante bet is paid even money and your Bet wager is pushed back to you.

If the dealer qualifies, and you beat the dealer’s hand, your Ante is paid even money, but your Bet wager is paid according to your hand rank. Here’s the pay chart:

One Pair or nothing: even money

Two Pair: 2:1

Three of a Kind: 3:1

Straight: 4:1

Flush: 5:1

Full House: 7:1

Four of a Kind: 20:1

Straight Flush: 50:1

Royal Flush: 100:1

Remember, the “odds” are paid to your Bet wager only. If you played the $1 progressive, you’ll receive even money for a Flush or better.

And don’t forget that the dealer must qualify or your beautiful hand gets paid nothing but the even money on the Ante wager. That’s why I love to play the progressive always.

Example Hand

Okay, let’s run through a quick example. First, you place a $10 wager on the table and $1 in the progressive-it’s always just a buck. You get your cards and you have a flush. Obviously, you want to stay in this hand, so you place the $20 Bet wager to stay in.

Let me point out that your Bet wager is always 2x the Ante. You can’t bet more or less ever.

The dealer turns the hand over and has two pair-you win. Your Ante wager is paid $10 and your Bet wager is paid $100 (5:1), for a total of $110 won on the hand. But wait! You played the progressive, so you’ll be paid that bonus too.

The progressive bonus varies and we’ll talk about it in another article.



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Arthur Prudent asked:


How to choose an online poker room.

Choice of the poker room for the poker game is very significant. It is prudent to pay attention to the following factors: convenience of depositing and withdrawal options, availability of the required games and consequently – total amount of players, level of opponents, software, support, bonuses, etc…

If you intend to use only credit for depositing and withdrawal funds and bank transfer, then it will immediately limit the list of the available poker rooms. If you can use several methods of depositing and withdrawal funds, for example, you have an account with e-wallets such as moneybookers or neteller then this issue will not restrict your choice.

The next question is: what poker game and at what limits are going to play? Texas hold’em limit and no limit, also single and multi-table hold’em tournaments are popular at any online room, but those who prefer Omaha poker, and stud poker have to choose the most attended rooms (Party, Stars, Full Tilt) to find the opponents. The same refers to those who love high stakes, not all online poker rooms even in holdem have players who stake $50/$100 or higher.

Most poker players want to win money, so they look for weaker poker opponents. Lately the trend of leveling the poker opponents in different poker rooms is becoming more and more obvious, nonetheless Party and casino poker rooms are considered to have less professional poker players (Prima networks, Boss Media, Playtech, Pacific Poker).

Poker player may have specific requirements to the poker room software, for example, non-downloaded software is offered by poker rooms of Ongame, ?2?, Prima and Party Poker. Many poker rooms allow to reduce the size of tables, and the computer screen without overlay holds four table with the resolution 1024?768. For somebody the facility of Poker Tracker can be a criteria. One can buy Tracker and use it, other poker players prefer poker rooms that are not allowed the Poker Tracker.

In general, it is not about WHERE you play but HOW you play. So, choose the poker room with sufficient number of opponents at your selected limit, convenient depositing and withdrawal funds options, maybe good bonus and go ahead!

The game.

After registration, log-in and enter the lobby of the online poker room. Here, as a rule, a poker player will find out the number of players, latest news, choose options, enter the cash desk to make deposit. But the main thing is the choice of the poker games. A poker player may choose the necessary game (holdem, Omaha, stud, etc.), its type (limit, unlimited, pot-limit), cash or tournaments (sit&go or multi table), limits. The number of poker players and anticipants is shown for each poker table and also average jackpot, number of poker players at the flop and number of hands per hour. The poker player can view information about all the players of the selected poker table in anew window. The player may join the vacant table, or wait list (the player can wait for the first vacated table at the particular limit or particular table).

To make the first deposit, enter the cash desk and deposit the required sum, choosing the payment method.

When the table opens, the poker player may take any vacant seat. Appearance of the players and the table differ from one poker room to another, but the principle is the same everywhere – oval table with seats around it. Chat option is usually at the bottom of the poker room site, as well as options and buttons for decision-making. While it is no your turn to lead, you may use the buttons of preliminary choice of action. Tick one of the proposed flags and when it is your turn, it will be done automatically. If you have not performed preliminary choice, then you have to select one of three buttons: Fold, Call, Raise. You can use mouse to operate, but some poker rooms allow to play with keyboard using “hot buttons”. You pocket cards are displayed next to your name, general cards are put in the centre of the table. The poker player usually can view the statistics of his game, communicate with other players in the chat, make notes about other poker players which will be available at every poker game with this opponent.

Enjoy experience with online poker.

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