Online Casino Conditions - Caribbean Stud Poker Tips

Caribbean Stud is a game which most online casinos offer in a progressive jackpot form, which incidentally, consistently gets into several thousands of dollars at those sites using leading software brands like Microgaming. The game itself offers players an opportunity to use strategy to help lower the House Edge. However, mathematicians will warn players that no matter how good of a strategy they use, the inherent numbers resulting from the rules of the game simply will not allow players to beat Caribbean Stud Poker over the long run. The Casino Edge on the ante bet alone is 5.22%, while the jackpot side bet can get up to 29% depending on the value of the progressive jackpot.

One of the keys to playing progressive Caribbean Stud Poker is knowing when to quit. Obviously, if you are the benefactor of the Royal Flush grand jackpot, taking a break from the online casino for the time being is the wisest decision you can make. If you gamble to win money, once you win that money, it only makes sense to stop gambling. If not, then you have crossed the line into gambling addiction, and that is par for another topic worth discussing on another occasion.

Tip #1 --------- Bet the Minimum for the Ante Bet

The best Caribbean Stud Poker players recommend to vary one's ante bets and progressive side bets according to the overall jackpot accumulation. For instance, in order for the odds to be in the player's greatest advantage, the casinos progressive jackpot needs to be at least $263,228. Players are advised to only place the side jackpot bet when the progressive minimum is at this sum. Players are also advised to place the minimum wager amount when placing their ante bet. The reason being is that when the jackpot gets to be $263,228 or more, the table limits are often increased and players are required to bet twice the amount of the ante to be eligible for the progressive jackpot.

Tip #2 --------- Make the Progressive Side Bet When the Jackpot is Right

Before the jackpot rises to $263,228, the required side bet for jackpot winnings eligibility is $1, which according to the payout odds offered by the casino, is not even worth making. In other words, the $1 side bet can be the worst bet a player makes when the jackpot is not high enough. For example, in order to receive jackpot winnings - which are dependent on the jackpot itself - a player must hit a Flush, Full House, Four of a Kind, Straight Flush or Royal Flush (max jackpot). The odds are 508:1 for hitting a Flush, 693:1 for hitting a Full House, 4,164:1 for hitting a Four of a Kind, 64,973:1 for hitting a Straight Flush and 649,740:1 for hitting a Royal Flush. Unless the jackpot is at least $263,228, the payouts are simply not worth the odds of winning.

So why this seemingly random jackpot number of $263,228 you ask? Well, mathematical formulations show that when the jackpot payout is $50 for Flushes, $75 for Full Houses and $100 for Four of a Kinds, the payout return for each $1 jackpot side bet is approximately $.23 cents for every $10,000 in the total jackpot, while a jackpot payoff ratio of $100/250/500 on the $1 side jackpot bet is approximately $.68 cents for every $10,000 in jackpot accumulation. Percentages show the most advantageous return on the jackpot side bet when the jackpot itself has acquired at least $263,228 and is awarding greater payouts for the aforementioned hands. In this case, just be prepared to put up plenty of money if you are going for the jackpot.

That being said, a good strategy to go by is to, first of all, bet on a pair or better. This will always yield an expected profit and should be played out against the dealer's hand every time. Statistics show that the dealer's hand, which needs at least an Ace King to qualify, will not do so 43.7% of the time. Therefore, if a player is holding an Ace/King in their hand, depending on what other cards make up the rest of the hand, the player should consider playing their bet even without a pair. One instance is when the dealer's up-card is the same value of a card the player is holding. This reduces the chances of the dealer holding a pair even more.

Overall, computer simulations of five-hundred hands advise to bet when holding the following hands in correspondence to the dealer's up-card:

Play the Following Hands:

-Ace/King/Queen/Jack or better, including pairs, no matter what the dealer is showing;

-Ace/King/Queen and two cards of any value only when one of the cards matches the dealer's up-card, or, if the player also holds a four flush of the same suit of the dealer's up card, and one of the players two other cards is an 8 or better;

-Ace/King/Jack only when the the player has another card matching the dealer's up-card;

-Ace/King and three cards of any value so long as one of the three cards matches the dealer's up-card.

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