Caribbean Stud: Odds & Simulated House Edge
The house edge per ante with near-optimal strategy is about 5.22%. To check it, we deal five cards each to player and dealer, apply the raise/fold strategy against the dealer's up-card, and settle with the Ace-King qualifier and the Call pay table.
The hand-odds table is exact — it also drives the $1 jackpot side bet, which pays on a flush or better.
5.22%
House edge per ante
52.3%
You raise
of hands
47.7%
You fold
of hands
How often you make each hand (your 5 cards)
Exact odds from all 2,598,960 possible five-card hands.
| Hand | Odds | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Flush | 1 in 649,740 | 0.00015% |
| Straight Flush | 1 in 72,193 | 0.0014% |
| Four of a Kind | 1 in 4,165 | 0.024% |
| Full House | 1 in 694 | 0.144% |
| Flush | 1 in 509 | 0.197% |
| Straight | 1 in 255 | 0.392% |
| Three of a Kind | 1 in 47 | 2.11% |
| Two Pair | 1 in 21 | 4.75% |
| Pair | 1 in 2.4 | 42.3% |
| High Card | 1 in 2.0 | 50.1% |
Raise/fold rates from a live 120,000-hand near-optimal simulation (reseeded daily), which tracks the 5.22% edge within sampling error.
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