Progressive Caribbean Poker Rules
The Game
Caribbean poker has become a very popular casino game in the last few years. If you like poker, you will love Caribbean Poker! Each player competes only against the dealer, independently of other players. Your goal is to beat the dealer's hand. William Hill Casino makes the game even more exciting by allowing players to place an optional €1 bonus bet in order to participate in a progressive jackpot game. You can win big when you least expect it!
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How It Works
Select Card Games and then Progressive Caribbean Poker from the games menu in the lower left-hand corner of your screen once you have entered the William Hill Casino lobby. You can then select either Private Play (to play alone, one-on-one with the dealer) or Multi Player (to play at a table among other players).
Game Settings is a separate alternative. Select Private Play to play alone at your own exclusive Caribbean Poker table. By default, the private table betting limits are set as €1 minimum - €1,000 maximum. You can alter these betting limits at your table by selecting Progressive Caribbean Poker Game Settings from the games menu. Select Multi Player if you wish to play among other players at either a public table or a reserved table.
The Join Table shows the tables in the different rooms. You get information if the table is a Reserved, Public or Practice Table on the same screen. By dragging the mouse over the different tables you get information about the table limits. Move along the different gaming rooms by clicking the arrows above the tables. Select a table with a vacant seat at a public or reserved table by clicking on the table.
You can take any vacant seat at a public table, but to join a reserved table, you must first ask permission of that table's sponsor. If you join a reserved table a Request To Join dialog box will open. Enter your request-to-join message in the box and press Send. The sponsor of the reserved table will receive your message and accept or decline your request to join.
You can open a new public or reserved table by clicking on an empy table. If you open a reserved table, you will become the table's sponsor and all request-to-join messages from hopeful players will be directed to you. To observe the action at a specific table before you decide to join and play yourself, click on the table itself. By using the buttons Guest Book and Settings in the bottom left corner you can access the guest book and table settings function.
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Game Rules
The Caribbean Poker game at William Hill Casino conforms to the standard rules that apply in Nevada casinos, but also offers players the opportunity to participate in a progressive jackpot game by placing an optional €1 bonus bet.
Caribbean poker is played with a deck of 52 cards. In order to participate in the game, you must first place an ante bet plus an optional €1 bonus bet. You are then dealt a hand of five cards-all of them face up. (Although your cards are dealt face up, the cards of other players will appear to be dealt face down.) The dealer also receives five cards; four cards dealt face down and one card face up. In Caribbean poker, the player and the dealer compare hands formed from their five cards. No additional cards are dealt.
When you have looked at your cards and the dealer's up card, you must decide whether to challenge the dealer's hand with a bet or to surrender. If you wish to challenge the dealer, you must place a bet by pressing the Bet button. The bet is always equal to twice the ante. If you do not wish to challenge the dealer's hand, you must opt to press Surrender and lose your ante.
When you receive a good hand, you will naturally wish to place a bet to challenge the dealer's hand. When the bet has been placed, the dealer reveals his four remaining cards and the hands are compared. To make your gaming experience more enjoyable, the dealer will announce your hand!
Please note : No chatting is allowed during a hand. If you or other players chat about held cards during a game, William Hill Casino has the right to void all hands. Your bet and any possible winnings of others will be forfeited. If other players chat about their held cards, it is your responsibility to leave the table and contact support services. The Dealer Must Qualify
In Caribbean poker, the dealer's hand must contain at least one ace and one king in order to qualify. If the dealer's hand does not qualify, you receive 1 to 1 on your ante and your bet is returned to you without winnings.
If the dealer's hand does qualify with a value of at least one ace + one king, the best hand wins. Your winning hand receives 1 to 1 on the ante plus the winnings on your bet, which are calculated according to the winnings table. Push
When the dealer and the player receive poker hands of equal value (i.e. a push game), both the ante and the bet are returned to the player.
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Betting Limits
The ante bet limits in Caribbean Poker are :
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Winnings Table
| Hand |
Pays |
Description |
| Nothing |
1 : 1 |
Five cards of different values |
| One Pair |
1 : 1 |
Two cards of the same value |
| Two Pairs |
2 : 1 |
Two sets of two cards of the same value |
| Three Of A Kind |
3 : 1 |
Three cards of the same value |
| Straight |
4 : 1 |
Five cards in numerical sequence but of different suits |
| Flush |
5 : 1 |
Five cards of the same suit of any value |
| Full House |
7 : 1 |
One pair plus three of a kind |
| Four Of A Kind |
20 : 1 |
Four cards of the same value |
| Straight Flush |
50 : 1 |
Five cards in numeric sequence and of the same suit |
| Royal Flush |
100 : 1 |
Ace, king, queen, jack, and 10; all of the same suit |
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Please note : Like many casinos throughout the world, William Hill Casino has an aggregate payout limit of €25,000 per hand excluding the progressive jackpot.
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€1 Progressive Jackpot
William Hill Casino offers Caribbean Poker players the opportunity to place a €1 bonus bet if they wish to participate in a progressive jackpot game. By placing an additional €1 wager, you have the chance to win even when the dealer does not qualify! Below are the winnings based on the optional €1 wager.
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Progressive Jackpot Winnings Table
| Hand |
Payoff (€) |
| Royal Flush |
100% of the Jackpot |
| Straight Flush |
10% of the Jackpot |
| Four Of A Kind |
500 |
| Full House |
100 |
| Flush |
50 |
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Options Dialog Box
In Caribbean Poker, the options dialog box offers the following game settings :
- Play sound effects
- Play midi music
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Shortcut Keys
| To |
Press |
| Make the same bet again |
F1 |
| Done |
F2 |
| Surrender |
F3 |
| Bet |
F4 |
| Open Options dialog box |
F9 |
| Open help files |
F10 |
| Quit |
F12 |
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