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Effective Strategies for Playing Caribbean Stud Poker

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Introduction

  1. With a pair or higher, raise.
  2. If your hand has less than an Ace and King (with the player holding an ace, a king, and three unrelated cards, excluding Q-J-10), it's best to fold.
  3. When holding an Ace and King, the following chart details the situations in which you should stick with your hand. The other three cards you have are on the vertical axis, while the dealer's face-up card is on the horizontal axis. An explanation is provided after the table.

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Optimal Strategy for A-K Hands

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three cards		 Dealer's Up Card
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R R R Q-J-7 R R R R R R 3 R R R
R R R R R Q-J-6 R R R R 3 R R R
R R R R R R R Q-J-5 R R 4 R R R
R R Q-J-8 R R R R R R R 4 R R R
R R R R Q-J-7 R R R R R 4 R R R
R R R R R R Q-J-6 R R R 4 R R R
R R R R R 1 1 R R R 4 Q-J-5 R R
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R R R Q-J-7 R R R R R R 3 R R R
R R R R R Q-J-6 R R R R 4 R R R
R R R R R R R Q-J-5 R R 4 R R R
R R R R R R R R Q-J-4 R 4 R R R
R R R R R 1 1 R R R 4 R R Q-J-3
R R R R 1 1 1 R R R 4 R R R
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Q-J-2 R R R R R R R R R 3* R R R
R R R R R R R R R R 4 Q-J-4 R R
R R R R R 1 1 R R R 4 R R R
R Q-J-3 R R 1 1 1 R R R 4 R R R
R R R R 1 1 1 R R Q-J-2 4 R R R
R R R R 1 2 2 R R R 4 R R R
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R R R R
R R R R 1 R Q-J-4 R R R R R R R
R R R R R 1 R R Q-J-3 R R R R R
R R R R 1 2 R R R R R Q-J-2 R R
R R R 1 2 2 R R R R R R R R
R J Q 1 2 2* K A Q-10-9 R R R R R
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R R R R
R R R R Q-10-8 R R R R R R R R R
R R R R 2 Q-10-7 R R R R R R R R
R R R 1 3 R R Q-10-6 R R R R R R
J Q K 1* 3 A Q-10-9 R R R R R R R
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R R R R
R R Q-10-8 R R R R R R R R R R R
R R Q-10-7 2 R R R R R R R R R R
R R 1 2* R Q-10-6 R R R R R R J Q
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 K A Q-10-9 R
R R R R R R R R R R R R Q-10-8 R
R R 2 R R R R R R R R R R Q-10-7
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R R R R
R R R R R R R R R Q-10-6 R R R R
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R R R R
R R R R Q-10-5 R R R R R R R R R
R R R R Q-10-4 R R R R R R R R R
R R R R Q-10-3 R R R R R R R R R
R R R R Q-10-2 R R R R R R R R R
R Q-10-5 R R R R R R R R R R R R
R Q-10-4 R R R R R R R R R R R R
R Q-10-3 R R R R R R R R R R R R
R Q-10-2 R R R R R R R R R R Q-10-5 R
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R R R R
R R R R R R R R Q-10-4 R R R R R
R R R R R R R R Q-10-3 R R R R R
R R R R R R R R Q-10-2 R R R R R
R R R R R J Q K A Q-9-8 R R R R
R R R R F R R R Q-9-7 R R R R R
R R R F R R R Q-9-6 R R R R R R
R R F R R R Q-9-5 R R R R R R R
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R Q-9-4 R R R R R R R R F R R R
Q-9-3 R R R R R R F R R R Q-9-2 R R
R R R F R R R J Q K A Q-8-7 R R
R R R R R F F R R R Q-8-6 R R R
R R R R F F R R R Q-8-5 R R R R
R F F R R R Q-8-4 R R R R F F R
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R A Q-8-7 R R R R R R R F F R R
R Q-8-6 R R R R R R R F F R R R
Q-8-5 R R R R R F F R R R Q-8-4 R R
R R F F R R R Q-8-3 R R A Q-8-7 R R
R R R R R F F R R R Q-8-6 R R R
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F F R R R Q-8-5 R R R R R F F R
R R Q-8-4 R R R R F F R R R Q-8-3 R
R R R R F F R R R Q-8-2 R R R R
F F R R R J Q K A Q-7-6 R R R R
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F R R R Q-7-5 R R R R R F F F F
R R R Q-7-4 R R R R F F F F R R
R Q-7-3 R R R F F F F R R R Q-7-2 R
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R R F F
F F R R R J Q K A Q-6-5 R R R R
R F F F F F R R R Q-6-4 R R R R
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F R R R Q-6-3 R R R F F F F F R
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R R F F F F F R R R J Q K A
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R Q-4-2 R R F F F F F F F R R R
J Q K A Q-3-2 R R F F F F F F F
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J Q K A J-10-9 F F F F F F F R R
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R F R R J-10-7 F F F F F R F F R
R F R R J-10-6 F F F F R F F F R
R F R R J-10-5 F F F R F F F F R
R F R R J-10-4 F F R F F F F F R
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R F R R J-9-7 F F F F F R F R F
R F R R J-9-6 F F F F R F F R F
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F F F R F F R F R R J-8-2 R F F
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F F F R F R R J-7-5 F F F R F R
F F F R F R R J-7-4 F F R F F R
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F F F R F R R J-7-2 R F F F F R
F F F R F R R J Q K A J-6-5 F F
F R R F F F F R F R R J-6-4 F F
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F F F R F R R J-6-3 F R F F R F
F F F R F R R J-6-2 R F F F R F
F F F R F R R J Q K A J-5-4 F F
R R F F F F F R F R R J-5-3 F R
F R F F F F F R F R R J-5-2 R F
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F F F R F R R J Q K A J-4-3 F R
R F F F F F F R F R R J-4-2 R F
R F F F F F F R F R R J Q K
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F 10-9-7 F F F F F R F R R F F F
F 10-9-6 F F F F R F F R R F F F
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F R F F F R R F 1 F F F 10-9-4 F
F R F F F F R R 2 F F F F 10-9-3
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F F F R R F F F 4 F F F R F
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F R R F
F F F 10-9-5 F F F R F F F R R F
F F F 10-9-4 F F R F F F F R R F
F F F 10-9-3 F R F F F F F R R F
F F F F F R F F R R F F F F
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  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10-9-4 F F R
F F F F R R F F F F 10-9-3 F R F
F F F F R R F F F F F F F 10-9-2
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Q K A 10-8-7 F F F F F R R F R F
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F F F 10-8-6
F F F F R F R F R F F F F 10-8-5
F F F R F F R F R F F F F 10-8-4
F F R F F F R F R F F F F 10-8-3
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F R F F
F F R F R F F 1 F F 10-8-2 R F F
F F F R F R F 2 F F F J Q K
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A 10-7-6 F F
F F R R F F R F F F F 10-7-5 F F
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F R F R
F F R F F F F 10-7-4 F F R F F R
F F R F F F F 10-7-3 F R F F F R
F F R F F F F 10-7-2 R F F F F R
F F R F F F F J Q K A 10-6-5 F F
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F R R F
F F R F F F F 10-6-4 F F R F R F
F F R F F F F 10-6-3 F R F F R F
F F R F F F F 10-6-2 R F F F R F
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F F R F
F F F J Q K A 10-5-4 F F R R F F
F F R F F F 1* F 10-5-3 F R F R F
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F F F R
F F F F 10-5-2 R 4 F F R F F F F
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F J Q K A 10-4-3 F R R F F F F F
R F F F F 10-4-2 R F R F F F F F
R F F F F J Q K A 10-3-2 R R F F
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F F F F F J Q K A 9-8-7 F F F F
F R R R F 1 F F F F F 10-4-2 R F
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F F R F F 2* F F J Q K A 10-3-2 R
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F F F F F F F F J Q K A 9-8-7 F
F F F F R R R F F F F F F 10-4-2
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F F F F 1 R F F F F J Q K A
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1 You should make a raise if the suit of the dealer's card aligns with any of your cards.
2 You should raise if the dealer's card shares the same suit as at least two of your cards.
3 You should raise if the suit of the dealer's card matches with three or more of your cards.
4 You should raise if the suit of the dealer's card corresponds with four of your cards.
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I would like to express my gratitude to Stanly Ko and Professor John M. Gwynn, Jr. for bringing my attention to these marginal plays.

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