1 - Without a minimum of an Ace/King combo, Fold.
2 - Place a wager only if you have a Pair (at a minimum) or, if you have at least an Ace/King combo, and one of your other cards is of equal rank to the dealer's solitary exposed card. 3 - Do not bluff on a non promising hand. 4 - Only go for the progressive jackpot if it is a substantial amount. 

NOTE:  A common mistake players make is folding when they have a low ranked Pair.  Statistics show that players are dealt Pairs 46% of the time.  Besides the fact that a player would be losing their ante wager 46% of the time, a Pair will actually win more often than it loses.  In fact, for every time a Pair is dealt, it will win 76% of the time  If you have good patience and do not incline to give up when the going gets rough, then stick with a Pair every time.  It is bound to win. 

NOTE:  Another common mistake Caribbean Stud Poker players make is bluffing the dealer when they, in fact, have a shabby hand.  The reasoning behind this train of thought is that even if a player has an inadequate hand, the dealer will probably not qualify anyways.  Therefore, players think they can still take home even money profit on the original ante.  However, statistics will show, once again, that the dealer will actually qualify 56% of the time.  This correlates to a 28% loss increase on ante wagers. The other point to remember is that even though a player will earn even odds for the 44% of the time the dealer does not qualify, when the player loses a single ante wager the 56% of the time the dealer does qualify,  they are also losing the money they placed on a call wager. The bottom line is that you will lose more money in the long run.  Remember, take a small ante loss before you let greed blind your judgment and eventually lose everything.  So, if you can't act, don't worry...Bluffing is a tool you do not want to use while playing Caribbean Stud Poker.

*****  For Caribbean Stud Poker, the House Edge is approximately 5% for the ante wager by itself, and 2.5% for the ante wager and call wager combined.

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