Evolution Gaming have performed a soft launch of a new live casino game, Live Caribbean Stud Poker.

It’s based on the very popular Live Casino Hold’em game, but in Live Caribbean Stud Poker 5 cards are dealt to both the player and the dealer. The better hand of the two “wins”.

The game is a played on a one to many basis, whereby there is only one player hand dealt that an unlimited number of players can bet on.

How Live Caribbean Stud Poker is played

• The game is played with one 52 card deck, that is changed after each hand for a freshly shuffled deck.
• The player places an Ante bet and is then dealt 5 cards.
• The dealer takes 5 cards but only shows the first card.
• The player can then place an additional call bet or fold his hand.
• The dealer reveals his remaining 4 cards.
• The dealer “qualifies” with Ace / king or more in his hand.
• The poker hand with the higher value “wins”.

I’ve had a trawl around the Evolution Live Casinos and William Hill are the only ones currently offering this game. Table limits are £1 – £3000.

I can’t imagine it won’t be long before we see it at the other Evolution based casinos.

5 + 1 Bonus Side Bet

This is an optional side bet made alongside the Ante bet, where the aim is to make the best 5 card poker hand from the dealer’s up card and the players 5 cards.

• Royal Flush pays 1000:1.
• Straight Flush pays 200:1.
• 4 of a Kind pays 100:1.
• Full House pays 20:1.
• Flush pays 15:1.
• Straight pays 10:1.
• 3 of a Kind pays 7:1.

About Live Caribbean Stud Poker

Live Caribbean poker has been around live casinos for a few years, but this is the first time we have seen one of the major software suppliers introduce this game.

Both XproGaming and Vivo Gaming have a version of the game, but they have 5 player positions rather than one and the pay table offers slightly better odds.