Mansion Online Casino Review
- Download size: 719k
- Current Bonus: 100%
- Software: Playtech software
- No download version: YES
- Website: mansioncasino.com
- Review on: July, 2008
Special Features |
$200 Welcome Bonus Available in Download or Flash Real-time game and transaction histories Autoplay slots Live Games (Baccarat, Blackjack, Roulette and Sic Bo) |
Country Restrictions |
No USA |
Location |
Gibraltar |
Email |
memberservice@mansion.com |
Phone |
Toll Free UK: 0800 2790690 - Toll Free Canada: 1 866 966 2445 - International: +35041000 |
Live Chat |
Yes |
Deposit Methods: |
Visa or MasterCard, Neteller, Moneybookers, EcoCard, Wire Transfer, InstaCash, Delta, UKash, Solo & Inter-Account Transfers |
About Mansion Online Casino
Mansion Casino offers over 100 exciting games. From classic casino table & card games, Multi-Line & Multi-Spin slots, Video Poker and Keno, to Progressive Bonus Jackpot games, popular Asian games and our exclusive Blackjack Switch. Choose from Multi-Hand, Multi-Player and Private Group playing modes.
The initial thing that needs to be pointed out is that Mansion is not only a casino but a complete gambling site, with a sports book, sports exchange, and poker room. This offers the player the advantage of being able to use casino balance to make sporting bets or play poker, etc, from one web site and one account. This surely must be of interest to players who are not exclusively casino players.
Mansion Casino is fairly exceptional, as it's completely non-downloadable, with all games, cashier transactions and account administration done from within your internet browser. The casino software is also wholly exclusive to Mansion.com, so you are not going to find Mansion's games anywhere else on the internet.
How To Play Caribbean stud poker
Caribbean stud poker is a card game that pits your skills against the dealer's. The objective is to beat the dealer's poker hand. Having placed a bet before the cards are dealt (known as an Ante) you receive five cards, the dealer receives one card. Based on what you have and the dealer's card, you must decide whether to increase your stake (Bet) and maximise your winnings or fold to minimise your loss. If you decide to Bet on your hand the dealer receives four further cards with the outcome of the game based on the Poker value of your cards versus the dealer's.
- The dealer's hand must have an Ace and a King to qualify. If it does not, you win; however, if you fold you lose your Ante whatever the dealer has.
- If you do Bet and the dealer does not qualify you receive double your Ante and your Bet is returned
- If the dealer's hand does qualify but you have a better hand you will be paid out on your Bet (see payouts), with double your Ante on top!
- If the value of your hand and the dealer's ends in a tie, the winner will be the one with the highest-ranking card.
HISTORY OF CARIBBEAN STUD POKER
As the name would suggest, this game originated in the Caribbean Islands and the cruise ships that traveled the surrounding waters. Since the game does not offer the best advantages and percentages for the player, when the game was introduced to American casinos, a progressive jackpot bonus was added to excite and attract more participants. Although this bonus does not greatly increase the appeal for most, it definitely added to its initial popularity and perhaps even accounts for its lingering demand in this day and age of casinos, both on- and off-line. The game evidently maintains a wide following throughout the world, possibly in part to its glamorous and exotic title.
The precursor to Caribbean Stud Poker in most historical viewpoints was a 16th century European three-card game called Primera (Spain) or Primero (Great Britain). Betting was introduced and the valued hands were Three of a Kind, Pairs, and Three of the Same Suit, or "Flux" (later modified to "Flush"). By the 18th century both betting AND bluffing were incorporated to form the basis of the game as we know it today. Popular versions at the time were known as Brag (Great Britain), Pochen (Germany), and Poque (France). The importance of bluffing (betting with a poor hand) is demonstrated by the fact that pochen, in German, means "to bluff."
Most gaming scholars believe the game hit North America in the 18th century when it was brought to Louisiana by French colonists, hence the mutation of the French name for the game (Poque) to the English (Poker). The game was wildly successful and made its way up the Mississippi and further westward as the country grew and people began to settle through the land. By the mid-1800s, it had been adapted to the 52-card deck and was beginning to be documented in the diaries and journals of pilgrims, explorers, and a host of other types. It started as a strictly male game, but eventually became popular with women as well. The game is so closely linked to the expansion of the West that it interminably appears in a number of Western films and books.
Poker was reintroduced to Europe when the US ambassador to Great Britain, Robert C. Schenck, proposed it to the members of Queen Victoria's court in the early 1870s. An authoritative book on the rules was written by Schenck shortly after.
Poker's golden period of fame unsurprisingly coincides with the proliferation of legal gambling in the casinos in the state of Nevada. However, in 1910 it was made a felony to run a betting game in that state. Stud poker was illegal because there was no element of skill involved, just pure chance (unlike the more strategic draw poker). So, antigambling legislation could not stop this form of poker and its popularity grew considerably. This resulted in the state of Nevada's decision to reverse its policy and in 1931 casino gambling became legalized once again.
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