Progressive Caribbean Stud Poker

One of the main attractions of online Caribbean Poker is the progressive jackpot. Most online casinos that offer Caribbean Stud online, have added a progressive jackpot to the game in order to make the game more interesting. To qualify for the progressive Caribbean Stud Poker jackpot you have to place a $1 progressive side bet. By placing this bet you become eligible for the progressive Caribbean Poker jackpot payout's, independent of the fact the dealer qualifies.

A common pay table that is used for progressive Caribbean Stud Poker is listed in the following table:

You will find this pay table in many land-based casinos. However, online casinos frequently offer a better pay table than their land-based counterparts. For example, the following progressive Caribbean Poker pay table is used by Cryptologic, Playtech and Boss Media online casinos:

While the progressive jackpot is an exciting feature of Caribbean Stud Poker, it should be noted that the progressive side bet, *can* be a really bad bet. The house edge of the progressive side bet depends on the size of the progressive Caribbean Stud jackpot. For each pay table used we can calculate the size of the jackpot that is required to give you a house edge of zero. We have listed the required jackpot sizes for a couple of online casino software providers in the table below.

You will notice that the progressive Caribbean Stud Poker jackpot size that is required to give you a zero house edge is fairly high. Before placing the progressive side bet in online Caribbean Poker it is generally a good idea to check these numbers. If the jackpot is much lower than the values listed, you're advised *not* to place the Caribbean Stud progressive side bet, but instead to wait until the progressive jackpot gets close to, or exceeds the listed values.