Another really popular variation in online poker is the Caribbean stud poker and just hearing the name makes you think of sunny beaches and pina colada, doesn’t it? oh well on to the game. Caribbean stud poker is quite simple really although a bit different from other online poker games out there. The game starts almost the same with other online poker games with the players by placing their ante and the usual optional side bets of $1.

Players will then get five cards each all face down while the dealer who also gets five cards, has four cards face down and one card face up. Players will then examine their cards but giving out information about their cards at any time is strictly not allowed in online Caribbean stud poker.

After looking at their cards they must then decide if they want to continue playing and therefore raise or just fold. Folding makes the player forfeit everything, their cards, ante bet and side bets made if any. This is all the player has to decide when playing online Caribbean stud poker, no other complicated strategies.

If however, you feel like you have a good hand then you raise but it is twice the amount of the ante. The dealer then will turn all is other four cards face up letting you see all of his cards. After this, the dealer needs to have an ace and king to qualify based on the Caribbean Stud rules where in the lowest qualifying hand would be a 2, 3, 4, ace and king.

If the dealer does not qualify, the player (that will be you) will win the ante bet and the raise is pushed. This means that it’s a draw and the bet goes back to the player’s bankroll.

If however the dealer does qualify and at the same time beats the player, both the ante and the raise of the players loses to the dealer.

And if the dealer qualifies but is unable to beat the player’s hand then he will pay the player with an even ante and the raised is paid based on the raise pay table.

If a tie is seen after the dealer has shown his hand then both dealer and player will push. Great rules, great game right? More to come on online Caribbean stud poker and pina coladas.