The best strategy in Caribbean stud is quite complicated to use. The number of people who understand it absolutely are perhaps nil. Even so, we can make two generalities that cover up most hands. They are - always raise with a pair or higher and always fold with less than the qualifying hand of the dealer. With the use of most favorable strategy, the house edge is 5.224% of player's ante bet. The strategy can be very complicated and does not bring itself to sensible use in a casino. Using a strategy to raise with Ace or King or Jack or eight or three or better, the house edge is 5.316%. It is very close to the optimal strategy house edge.

The most advantageous strategy is to bet when the player holds: It can be AKQJ or better (any pair or better) or AKQXX with any card in player's hand that matches up with the card of dealer. With both x cards with higher value than dealer's up card or with a four flush of the same suit as dealer's up card and at least one of the x cards being either 8 or better or of higher value than the dealer's up card. Your knowledge about what the other players hold can reduce the house edge. It is generally anticipated that with the knowledge of about six other hands of players and optimal strategy, the player can get the edge of about 2.3%.

Keeping in mind that to share the information is against play poker rules, a computer is required to make an appropriate strategy. It is improbable that this can ever be achieved in a real life casino. For a casual player, the strategy to bet any pair or better is a most recommended strategy. The required difference in total loss against the optimum strategy on a couple of hundred hands is about half of one ante. The strategy to bet Ace King or better offers even more betting action on the online gambling cost of other half of an ante each couple of hundred hands.

The ace or king hands are tricky. In general, it assists the three singletons are high or the up card of dealer is jack or less and match one of the cards of players. It makes it less likely for the dealer to form a pair. If the dealer does not have ace or king at least, all the bet wagers will be void. The players will get even money on the ante bet only. If the dealer's cards will beat the player's cards, the dealer will collect both the ante and the bet.