
Let it Ride Poker
Ready for a ride? This simple poker variation pits the player against a pay table—no bluffing or poker face required. All that counts is the strength of a five-card poker hand and the skill to know when to decrease bets (that’s right, decrease) or let it ride.
Object of the Game
Win bets by making the best possible five-card hand from three personal cards and two community cards. Where it gets interesting is in the betting rounds: players have an opportunity to decrease their opening bets each round if they feel their cards aren’t strong.
How to Play
Pay table

HAND
- Royal flush
- Straight flush
- Four of a kind
- Full house
- Flush
- Straight
- Three of a kind
- Two pair
- Tens or better
- Anything else
PAYS
- 1,000 to 1
- 200 to 1
- 50 to 1
- 11 to 1
- 8 to 1
- 5 to 1
- 3 to 1
- 2 to 1
- 1 to 1
- Loss
Side bets
Let it Ride also has a couple of optional side bets players can make during each round. These are:
Odds

The only certainty in Let it Ride is the random order in which cards appear in the draw. Not even the dealer can predict which will come next.
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Strategies
While you can’t control the randomness of the cards, here are some hands that are better suited to “letting it ride” and leaving bets in place: