Caribbean Poker has a worldwide popularity. It is a
real classic: the casino visitors play against the dealer and who gets the
better poker combination wins. (If you are familiar with the rules, you
can skip the next chapter and read the instructions to
the virtual play mode only).
Rules
A 52-cards deck is used. Before each game it is shuffled. After the
player has made the initial bet - called ante - the dealer deals
him five cards face up. Then the dealer gets his cards: only one is open,
other four are face down.
The player evaluates the values of the given cards, trying to find the
winning hand. Then he has to decide whether to fold or to proceed the
game. If the first variant is chosen, the ante gets to the casino, the
game is over. In case of the second way, the player trebles the ante (he
should place the main bet) and four dealer's cards are being open.
If the dealer does not have at least Ace and King (the dealer does not
qualify), the player gets all his bets back plus win at the rate of the
ante - not depending on the cards he has.
If the dealer has the poker hand, his cards are being compared with the
player's cards. One who has the better combination breaks the bank. If the
player wins he gets his bets back plus winning equal to the sum of the
ante plus the win equals to the product of the main bet by the coefficient
of the player's poker combination (see list below).
If the dealer has a poker hand which is equal to player's hand, the
winner is found by checking the cards not enabled in the hand.
Ace-King - according to the value of the third card, if their third
cards are equal - according to the fourth, and so on.
Pair - according to the value of the third card, if their cards are
equal - according to the fourth, and so on.
Two pairs - according to the higher pair, if the both of the pairs
are equal - according to the value of the fifth card.
Flush - according to the value of the highest card.
Straight flush - according to the value of the higher card.
If the player and the dealer have completely equal combinations
(moreover, if they both were lucky enough to get a Royal Flush), a push is
announced and the player gets his ante back.
The side bet. The player can make an additional bet of
1 dollar. If he has one of the five higher poker combinations he would get
from $50 to $1,000 plus his winnings. The winnings on the side bet does
not depend whether the dealer "qualifies" of not - the main point is to
have the better combination than the dealer.
Name
Description
Raise payouts
Bonus payouts
Royal flush
The highest poker combination is 5 cards of the same suit
(Ace-King-Queen-Jack-10).
200 to 1
$1,000
Straight flush
5 cards of the same suit in sequence.
50 to 1
$500
Four of a kind
4 cards of the same denomination (e.g. four tens).
20 to 1
$200
Full house
3 cards of the same denomination, and 2 cards of another
denomination (e.g.: 3 Kings and 2 sixes).
7 to 1
$100
Flush
5 cards of same suit.
5 to 1
$50
Straight
5 of any suit in sequence (e.g. 8-9-10-Jack-Queen). Ace can be
either the highest (Ace-King-Queen-Jack-10), or the lowest card in
the combination (5-4-3-2-A). Combination with Ace between the cards
(4-3-2-Ace-King) is not considered as Straight.
4 to 1
Three of a kind
3 cards of the same denomination, and any two other cards (e.g.:
3 sixes).
3 to 1
Two pairs
Two pairs of cards of the same denomination (e.g.: 2 sixes and 2
tens).
2 to 1
Pair
One pair of cards of the same denomination (e.g.: two Jacks).
1 to 1
Ace-King
Ace and King of any suits.
1 to 1
Instructions
To begin the game, choose the value of the chips
for your bets. To do that, click on the one of the appropriate chip
value placed in the lower right corner of the screen.
Click on the central field Bet or on the circle
Ante placed below to make a bet. Every new click will increase
the bet by the amount of the chip selected (if you would like you may
change the chip value as many times as you want it).
If you want you can place a side bet in 1 dollar clicking on a slot
to the right of the Ante field.
If you wish to change the bets you placed, press Clear Bets. Or holding the space key
click on the chips to remove them from the table one by one. After that
place bets again.
Push the Deal button - the cards will be dealt, and the
buttons Raise and Fold will emerge.
When you have evaluated your chance of winning push one of the two
buttons:
Raise. Proceeding the game you are trebling the ante bet
thus placing the main bet on the table, the dealer will then open his
cards and the results of the game will be summed up.
Fold. Giving up the game you lose your ante bet.
After the round end you may push the Rebet button to place
the same bets as you did the last round.
To begin the game, choose the value of the chips
for your bets. To do that, click on the one of the appropriate chip
value placed in the lower right corner of the screen.
