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Playtech Caribbean Stud Poker

Playtech's version of Caribbean Stud Poker is pretty much standard, except for the fact that they raised the payout's on the progressive side bet. Read through this page to learn everything there is to know about Playtech Caribbean Poker, including it's pay tables, house edge and favorable jackpot values. For comparison purposes we always list the parameters of a standard game of Caribbean Poker next to the ones Playtech is offering!

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Playtech Caribbean Stud Poker

Playtech Caribbean Stud pay table (call bet)

Hand Playtech pay table Standard pay table
1 Pair or Less 1 to 1 1 to 1
2 Pair 2 to 1 2 to 1
3 of a Kind 3 to 1 3 to 1
Straight 4 to 1 4 to 1
Flush 5 to 1 5 to 1
Full House 7 to 1 7 to 1
4 of a Kind 20 to 1 20 to 1
Straight Flush 50 to 1 50 to 1
Royal Flush 100 to 1 100 to 1

The Playtech Caribbean Stud Poker pay table is exactly the same as a standard Caribbean Stud pay table. So you will also get exactly the same house edge, which is 5.22% or 5.224305772% to be more precise. More information on the calculations used to derive the Playtech Caribbean Poker house edge are available in PDF format here.

Playtech Caribbean Stud Poker pay table (side bet)

Hand Playtech pay table Standard pay table
Royal Flush 100% of the progressive jackpot 100% of the progressive jackpot
Straight Flush 10% of the progressive jackpot 10% of the progressive jackpot
4 of a Kind $500 $100
Full House $100 $75
Flush $50 $50

Playtech offers a pay table on the side bet that is comparable to Cryptologic's pay table on the progressive bet. This means the payout's are higher than standard on the 4 of a kind and the full house.

Minimum Playtech Caribbean Poker Jackpot

Below we will show you our calculation of the minimum jackpot size in Playtech Caribbean Stud Poker, that is required to give you a zero house edge. If the jackpot gets bigger than this, you're having an edge on the house!

Hand P[Hand]* Returns P[Hand] x Returns
Royal Flush 0.000001539 Jackpot Jackpot x 0.000001539
Straight Flush 0.000013852 Jackpot x 0.10 Jackpot x 0.0000013852
4 of a Kind 0.000240096 $500 0.120048
Full House 0.001440576 $100 0.14440576
Flush 0.001965402 $50 0.0982701
      $1

Solving the following equation:

$1 = 0.0982701 + 0.14440576 + 0.120048 + Jackpot x (0.0000013852 + 0.000001539)

Gives a minimum Jackpot value of $217,931.81

*The probabilities of poker hands can be found in "American Mensa Guide to Casino Gambling", page 161.