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Before any cards are dealt, you place a bet in the "Ante"
box in your table layout. This ante bet can be any amount within
the posted table limits.
With each hand, you may also play for the optional progressive
jackpot. If you want to do this, you place a $1.00 chip in the chip
slot in front of you. When all the players that want to play for
the jackpot have their bets down, the dealer presses a button allowing
all the $1.00 chips to drop through the slots for collection.
A common mistake that many Caribbean Stud poker players make is
to refuse to bet on low pairs like twos, threes and fours, and strong
Ace highs because they seem to lose a lot more often than they win.
They're right! They do. However, what they don't realize is that
not betting those hands and forfeiting the ante bet every time,
is more costly in the long term than betting them. It's like splitting
a pair of eights vs. a dealer ten in blackjack. Costly, but not
splitting is even more so.
If the player made the $1.00 jackpot bet and has a flush or higher,
he or she receives payment for the hand, in accordance with the
Jackpot Payout schedule. When players are eligible for jackpot payouts
they must announce that they have a jackpot hand to the dealer,
as soon as they see it and before the hand is over. This is to protect
your hand from the dealer accidentally scooping it up and mixing
it in with the dead cards. Protect this hand and never take it off
the table or out of overhead camera sight. If you do, the casino
has the right to enforce the game rules and not pay you for it.
The progressive jackpot bet is a separate side game. The player
wins whether he or she beats the dealer or not.
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