Three Caribbean Stud Lessons for Advanced Players

April 17, 2014 by

Caribbean Stud-LessonsWhen you’re a fan of Caribbean Stud, you very quickly find out that the most difficult hands are the ones where you have AK-high without a pair. The trick here is to use the remaining information to decide whether it’s best to raise or fold, and because there are so many ways to interpret that information, we have a few Caribbean Stud lessons here for players who are beyond the basics. These lessons will help you to find the correct situations for raising with AK-high hands.

Caribbean Stud Lessons: Part One

The first lesson to learn is that you are going to be in very good shape if the dealer’s up card matches one of yours as long as it’s a queen or lower. You should always raise if the dealer is showing any card between a two and a queen if that card matches one of yours. The reason for this is that it makes it harder for the dealer to have a pair, and that’s enough of a difference to give you the advantage.

Lesson Two: Facing an Ace or King

If you have an AK-high hand where you’re up against a dealer who is showing an ace or a king, then you will need to look in your three remaining cards. If one of those cards is a jack or a queen, then you have the green light to raise. It’s very hard for your opponent to beat you in this type of scenario since they almost always have to make at least a pair to win, and you’re making it harder for them to do that since their door card, whether an ace or a king, matches one of your cards.

Lesson Three: No Matching Cards

If the dealer’s up card does not match any of yours, then you can still raise under some very specific conditions. If you have AKQ-high, meaning AK-high with a queen in your hand as well, then you can raise if and only if the dealer’s up card is higher than no more than one of your cards. If this is the case, then raising is slightly better than folding.

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