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Caribbean Stud Poker Lessons

There's much information about Caribbean Stud Poker available on this site. You might even feel a little lost as to where to start reading. To make things easy for you we've categorized some of the Caribbean Stud resources on this site into a couple of manageable chunks or Caribbean Stud Poker lessons. Together these lessons are the first Caribbean Stud Poker school available on the Internet.

Lesson 1 : The history and origins of Caribbean Poker

The first Caribbean Poker lesson introduces you to the history and the origins of Caribbean Stud. You will learn when Caribbean Stud Poker was invented, in which casino it was first introduced, and when Caribbean Poker first hit Las Vegas.
Lesson 1 : History of Caribbean Poker

Lesson 2 : Basic table layout, poker hands, etiquette

In our second Caribbean Stud Poker lesson you will start by accustoming yourself to the basic layout of a Caribbean Stud Poker table. Furthermore, you will get a general overview of all the poker hands that are "ranked" in Caribbean Stud Poker.
Lesson 2, part 1 : Table layout
Lesson 2, part 2 : Poker hands
Lesson 2, part 3 : Etiquette

Lesson 3 : Rules of Caribbean Stud

The third Caribbean Stud lesson teaches you the rules of the game, in easy to comprehend terms. If you are already familiar with the rules of Caribbean Poker you might want to skip this lesson and proceed directly to the fourth lesson.
Lesson 3 : Rules of Caribbean Stud

Lesson 4 : Pay tables and bets

Lesson 4 explains in more detail some of the concepts introduced in Lesson 3, which described the general rules of Caribbean Stud Poker. Some of the concepts that are discussed, are pay tables, ante bets, call bets and progressive side bets. Lesson 4 is divided into 4 parts, each describing one of these concepts in more detail.
Lesson 4, part 1 : Pay tables
Lesson 4, part 2 : The Ante bet
Lesson 4, part 3 : The Call bet
Lesson 4, part 4 : The Side bet

Lesson 5 : Caribbean Stud Poker strategy

Before playing Caribbean Stud Poker in an online or land-based casino, you're advised to equip yourself with a solid strategy. In Lesson 5 you will learn 3 basic strategies for Caribbean Stud Poker. Pick one that you like most before starting to play.
Lesson 5, part 1 : Basic Caribbean Poker strategy
Lesson 5, part 2 : Caribbean Stud tips

Lesson 6 : House edge and odds

For the number crunchers among you, lesson 6 will give you some insights in Caribbean Poker odds and calculating the Caribbean Stud house edge.
Lesson 6, part 1 : Caribbean Stud Poker odds
Lesson 6, part 2 : Caribbean Poker house edge

Lesson 7 : Tutorial

After you have digested all the information presented to you in lessons 1 to 6, you're still not ready to play Caribbean Stud Poker for real. You need to get some practice first! Lesson 7 is a tutorial that guides you to a couple of examples of how to play Caribbean Stud Poker.
Lesson 7 : Caribbean Stud tutorial

This concludes your elementary Caribbean Stud Poker education. If you've read through every lesson carefully, you are now ready for some real Caribbean Poker action. Start by exploring our Caribbean Stud Poker software section, where you can find a brief discussion of the various Caribbean Stud versions that are available online. For each software brand a couple of online casinos that offer Caribbean Poker are listed.