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Web poker has become world acclaimed lately, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. The games universal appeal, though, arcs back quite a bit farther than its TV ratings. Over the years many variants on the first poker game have been created, including a handful of games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these games. Regardless of the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to twenty-one than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers wager against the house instead of each other. The winning hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is no concealment or different types of deception. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to ante up just before the croupier declares "No more wagers." At that instance, both you and the casino and of course all of the different gamblers are given 5 cards. After you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s 1st card, you need to either make a call wager or accede. The call wager’s value is akin to your beginning bet, which means that the stakes will have increased two fold. Abandoning means that your ante goes directly to the bank. After the bet comes the conclusion. If the casino does not have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, with an amount in accordance with the original wager. If the house does have ace/king or better, you win if your hand beats the dealer’s hand. The house pays out chips equal to your ante and fixed odds on your call wager. These expectations are:

• Equal for a pair or high card
• 2-1 for 2 pairs
• three to one for 3 of a kind
• 4-1 for a straight
• five to one for a flush
• 7-1 for a full house
• 20-1 for a 4 of a kind
• 50-1 for a straight flush
• one hundred to one for a royal flush

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Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While wagering on internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?

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Phil Ivey has been referred to as the greatest poker contender on the globe by quite a few of the top-ranked pros. Phil was born in Riverside, CA and relocated to NJ before reaching the age of 1. His papa taught Phil one cent-ante Five-Card Stud poker. From that point on, Phil was addicted to poker and wanted to learn every little thing he could about the game. He routinely told his parents that he wanted to be a professional poker player. He did not allow the adverse feedback from others kill his dream of being one of the best poker competitors on the planet.

Phil began competing intently after acquiring a fake ID with the name of Jerome. He honed his abilities at the casinos of Atlantic City. The first few years for him were a learning period and winning wasn’t a regular outcome at the time. He became known at the 2000 World Series of Poker where he made 2 final tables and came away with his 1st WSOP bracelet, in a two dollar, 500 Pot-Limit Omaha match. At the last table he defeated quite a few of the well known pros which includes "Amarillo Slim" Preston, David "Devilfish" Ulliot, and Phil Hellmuth, Jr.

Phil made a decision to take his game to the next level and moved out west to Vegas. Phil continues to play in "The Big Game" at the Bellagio with the best players on the planet. Phil credits his achievements to discipline and an eternal love for poker. Phil says that he’s learning every single day and is incredibly abashed about his accomplishments. Phil knows he makes blunders in each session of poker and always aspires to get better.

Although Phil has won some big tournaments, he prefers destroying money games on a normal basis.