Cyber Stud Poker
If you encounter the game of Cyber Stud Poker in an online casino,
you are playing at a Microgaming casino, because Cyber Stud Poker,
is the name Microgaming gave to their version of Caribbean Poker.
It's another name for the same thing. In this section we'll tell
you everything you need to know about Cyber Stud Poker, including
it's pay tables, house edge and jackpot reset values.
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Cyber Stud Poker table layout
Cyber Stud Poker pay table (call bet)
| Hand |
Microgaming pay table |
Standard pay table |
| 1 Pair or Less |
2 for 1 |
1 to 1 |
| 2 Pair |
2 for 1 |
2 to 1 |
| 3 of a Kind |
4 for 1 |
3 to 1 |
| Straight |
6 for 1 |
4 to 1 |
| Flush |
10 for 1 |
5 to 1 |
| Full House |
15 for 1 |
7 to 1 |
| 4 of a Kind |
100 for 1 |
20 to 1 |
| Straight Flush |
200 for 1 |
50 to 1 |
| Royal Flush |
1000 for 1 |
100 to 1 |
Microgaming raised the payout's on almost all hands (except 2 Pair
and lower), resulting in a house edge of 5.005529116%, significantly
lower than the standard 5.22% house edge. Please note that the payout's
in the Microgaming pay table are listed differently than in the
standard pay table. For example, 2 Pair pay 2 for 1 in the Microgaming
pay table, and 2 to 1 in the standard pay table. 2 for 1 actually
is the same as 1 to 1, so 2 Pair is the only hand for which Microgaming
pays out *less* than standard. More information on the calculations
behind the Cyber Stud Poker house edge are available in PDF format
here.
Cyber Stud Poker pay table (side bet)
| Hand |
Microgaming pay table |
Standard pay table |
| Royal Flush |
100% of the progressive jackpot |
100% of the progressive jackpot |
| Straight Flush |
$20,000 |
10% of the progressive jackpot |
| 4 of a Kind |
$500 |
$100 |
| Full House |
$100 |
$75 |
| Flush |
$50 |
$50 |
Microgaming raised the payout's on the Full House and the Four
of Kind, at the expense of the payout on the Straight Flush. The
jackpot reset value is $50,000.
Minimum Cyber Stud Poker jackpot
So how high needs the jackpot to be in Cyber Stud Poker to make the
side bet worthwhile (that is give it a zero house edge). Let's do
some math:
| Hand |
P[Hand]* |
Returns |
P[Hand] x Returns |
| Royal Flush |
0.000001539 |
Jackpot |
Jackpot x 0.000001539 |
| Straight Flush |
0.000013852 |
$20,000 |
0.27704 |
| 4 of a Kind |
0.000240096 |
$500 |
0.120048 |
| Full House |
0.001440576 |
$100 |
0.14440576 |
| Flush |
0.001965402 |
$50 |
0.0982701 |
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$1 |
Solving the following equation:
$1 = 0.0982701 + 0.14440576 + 0.120048 + 0.27704 + Jackpot x 0.000001539
Gives a minimum Jackpot value of $234,071.6
*The probabilities of poker hands can be found
in "American Mensa Guide to Casino Gambling", page 161.
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