Let It Ride Poker

Let It Ride poker is a cross between 5-card draw poker and video poker. You win a game based on the rank of your five-card poker hand, but you win money based on the kind of hand. What is unique to Let It Ride poker is that, as the name suggests, you let your bets "ride".

Popular poker games like Texas Hold'em, 7-card stud, Omaha hi/lo, and Caribbean stud poker do not have the same bet riding characteristic, so Let It Ride poker offers a refreshing way to boost your earnings from poker. With an estimated 50 million players in the United States alone, poker itself is regarded as America's most popular card game.

Let It Ride Poker Rules

The Object of the Game

In Let It Ride poker as in video poker, players do not compete against one another or the dealer. You are simply rewarded by the house according to fixed payouts for specific types of poker hands. Much like 5-card draw poker, the object of the game is to make the best possible five-card hand, which should be a pair 10 at the very least. Only in let it ride poker, you have an opportunity to let a bet ride, which means to make a bet and have it remain in effect for the entire duration of the game.

Let It Ride Poker Strategy

The ability to let a bet ride is what differentiates Let It Ride poker from other poker games, including video poker which is the variation closest to this table card game. Clearly, a good let it ride poker strategy has everything to do with betting. Beyond this, there is little you can do to influence the cards you are dealt, and your five-card hand will practically make itself.

Your key areas of concern are when to scratch a bet and when to let it ride. In addition, you should learn how much to bet in order to gain the most advantage from a series of three bets that are paid according to fixed payouts.

Let It Ride Poker Betting Strategies

One betting strategy is to impose a bet ceiling according to the house's maximum payout at the let it ride poker table. To determine your bet ceiling, divide the maximum payout amount by 3,000. Whatever the quotient is should be the highest amount of each of your three circle bets. For example, consider that some land-based and online casinos impose a maximum payout of $25,000. If you made three $15 wagers on the three betting circles, and end up with the highest possible hand, which is a Royal Flush, you are supposed to be paid back $45,000. (15 * 3000 = 45000) In such a casino, you fail to earn $20,000 out of $45,000, which is nearly half the money you should have won. Using the above equation, at a $25,000 maximum table, your reasonable highest bet is $8. (25000 / 3000 = 8.33)

Another betting strategy is to play at a table that offers bonus payouts for each bet that you let ride. Here is a typical bonus payout table.

Winning Poker Hand	Typical Bonus Payout
Straight	$20
Flush	$50
Full House	$75
Four of a Kind / Quad	$200
Straight Flush	$2,000
Royal Flush	$20,000

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