There are many poker games to be played both online and in land-based casinos. One poker game that is beginning to become more and more popular, especially online, is Carribean Stud Poker.

If you’re wondering how to play Carribean Stud Poker online, or never heard about it, keep reading below to see how fun, and lucrative, this game can be. First of all, you start out with five cards per player. The main difference is with this card game you are playing against the house, not against other players like yourself so you can put away the one-way mirrored sun glasses because your bluffing techniques won’t work in this case….especially online!

Now, before you get your five cards you need to ante in, for example $1. Each player plus the dealer get 5 cards, all face down, except 1 dealer card is facing up. You then must either fold or raise. If you fold, you lose your ante. If you raise, you must throw in the same amount as your ante effectively doubling the amount you initially put in. The deal then turns over his 4 other cards to see if he qualifies. In order for the dealer to qualify he must have at least an Ace and a King. If he doesn’t dealer doesn’t qualify and the player wins even money on his ante and the raise will push.

If the dealer does qualify plus beats the player, that player loses his ante and raise. However, if the dealer qualifies but loses to the player, the ante is paid in even money and the raise will be paid according to a table of pays. If player and dealer end up tied, then ante and raise will push.

It sounds complicated but is relatively easy to learn once you learn how to play Carribean Stud poker online.