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RealTime Gaming (RTG) has developed a progressive game that combines the best of a couple of different poker table games in online casinos. Caribbean Hold'Em has elements of both Casino Hold'em and Caribbean Stud poker.
The side bet is a dollar a hand, and what it does is put you in the running for the progressive jackpot when it is on the table.
You and the dealer both get two cards - yours are dealt face-up, while the dealer (the house) gets them face-down. Then common cards are dealt out (this obviously is known as the 'flop'), and whoever has the best five-card hand is the winner. There are some things in between, of course.
For one, the dealer must have a qualifying hand in order to continue. This hand must be a pair of fours or better. Failing that, the dealer is disqualified from the hand and the player will win back the ante bet. If play does indeed continue, then the player must make a bet that is twice the ante to get to the next step. This is done by clicking the "Call" button. The program does this automatically for you. You do not win the call bet if the dealer does not qualify. if the dealer DOES qualify, two more cards are dealt to the flop, and then it simply works like a Texas Hold'em game.
You can also fold your hand, at which point you are going to forfeit the ante bet and move on to play the next hand.
You have two betting circles in front of you. One is the "ante" and the other one is the "call," and those are where those bets will be placed. You won't have to place them; they will be put there for you.
To clarify something, when we say the dealer has to make a pair of fours or better to stay eligible in the hand, that does not mean he has to be dealt at least a pair of fours. If the dealer's two hole cards can combine with the cards on the flop to give him that kind of hand, he can continue. There might even be a pair in the flop that would help him qualify. If that's the case, so be it. Of course, you have to make your own bet before the dealer's cards are revealed.
The payouts in the game are as follows: a flush (five cards of the same suit) is 2-to-1, a full house is3-to-1, four of a kind is 10-to-1, and the straight flush is 20-to-1.
In Caribbean Hold'em you will win the progressive jackpot if you hit a Royal Flush. Within the current context, that means that between your two hole cards and the three cards that are initially dealt in the flop, they have to perfectly compile that Royal Flush. You cannot wait for the full seven-card complement to be dealt, and take your Royal Flush out of that.
A Royal Flush will claim 100% of the progressive jackpot, but there are other hands that can get you a piece of it. A straight flush, for example, will pay you 10% of that jackpot.
This software makes the game work smoothly and as quickly as you want it. That is what the "Options" tab is all about. You can speed up the game or either create or shut out the atmosphere through sound controls.
For any given game, there is a maximum aggregate payout that is made, and that is displayed in the "Rules" tab. You bet a minimum of $5 in this game, with $250 being the maximum.
This is an exciting hybrid of two great casino games that combines to create something that may be better than either of them!
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Game Rating Details: 8.00 / 10
| Software | 8 |
| Easy to Understand | 8 |
| Graphics & Sounds | 8 |
| Game Speed | 8 |
| Theme and Concept | 8 |
| Game Features | 8 |
| Fun Factor | 8 |
| Betting Options | 8 |
| Jackpots | 8 |
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