Caribbean Poker Gambling

by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
Aug 9, 2006

Beach-style Gambling

It can arguably be stated that poker is the highlight of gambling. The variation that poker has is incomparable. This range of games makes poker really special for gamblers. The range of poker games includes one game that is well known for its unique quality. This game is the Caribbean Poker. All the attributes of this game are very different from the rest of the gambling games.

Caribbean Basics

The Caribbean Poker is different to the other gambling games in many ways. In the regular poker games, players play against one another. However, in the Caribbean Poker, players compete one-on-one with the dealer. Caribbean Poker is known to be a brief game and can be completed in no time. Its features make it resemble to the game of Blackjack. In this game a player receives a hand of five cards instead of the normal two cards hand. According to the rules of the game, the dealer’s hand must qualify with a minimum of an ace or a king combination. If not, then the player automatically wins the hand or the wager. If the dealer’s hand qualifies then it is revealed for a showdown. Between the player and the dealer, whoever has the highest value five-card poker hand wins the game.

There are certain basic rules for the Caribbean Poker. They are as follows:

·   The initial wager that is done by the dealer is called an ante.

·   The dealer distributes five cards to the player as well as to himself. His own five cards are distributed in the manner of four face down cards and one face up card.

·   The decision to fold the game or continue playing is up to the player. If the player decides to continue with the hand they must place a wager of an amount, which is double the amount of the ante.

·   The limit is fixed at one hand per round per player.

·   A player cannot disclose any information about the dealer’s cards to the other players. This is absolutely against the rules.

·   Between the dealer and the player, whoever places the wager is responsible for the outcome of the cards.

These are some of the fundamental points about the game of Caribbean Poker. The details of the game would prove that the gambling game of Caribbean Poker is truly special.

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