Acclaimed author and gaming wizard David Sklansky has recently claimed that he formulated the table game Caribbean Stud. Sklansky who is best recognised for his works dedicated to poker games and gambling schemes made the claim on a famous poker forum. Caribbean Stud Poker is a game who’s origins are mostly unknown. Through the years, there have been umpteen unique accounts of how the game was created. Some reports claim it was first offered on Caribbean cruise boats while others state the game was first played in Aruba hotels. But, now it looks as if the game has less tropical origins. According to Skansky he first hatched the plan for the game in 1982. When he first devised it he called it casino poker because of the combination of 5 card stud poker and casino gambling formats. However, his variant of the game had a few minor differences with the current version of the game. In the modern game, the dealer exposes just one card and there are progressive jackpots. However, in his version of the game, two cards are shown and there is no progressive jackpot feature.
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