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Casino Poker: Let it Ride | Online Poker Bonus
Let it Ride – also called ‘Let them Ride’ – is a very popular casino poker game in which a player gets dealt first 3 out of a total of 5 cards. After the cards a player gets to decide whether to ‘fold’ or to ‘ride’ and see the last two cards.
The game starts with placing 3 bets of the same size by each player. The dealer then gives 3 cards to each player and 2 community cards (cards that play for everybody) face down. The dealer gets no hand.
After seeing the first 3 cards each player gets the chance to either take his second bet back or or to ‘let it ride’. Then the first community card is turned face up, and every player now has the chance to take back his third bet or again to let it ride. It doesn’t matter what the player chose with his first bet, with the second bet there is always the opportunity to either fold or let it ride. Finally, the last community card gets dealt and the players who made a hand will get paid with the help of the payout table:
| 10′s or Better | 1 to 1 |
|---|---|
| Two Pair | 2 to 1 |
| 3 of a Kind | 3 to 1 |
| Straight | 5 to 1 |
| Flush | 8 to 1 |
| Full House | 11 to 1 |
| 4 of a Kind | 50 to 1 |
| Straight Flush | 200 to 1 |
| Royal Flush | 1000 to 1 |
Most (online) casino’s will pay out to a pair of tens or better, and all the players will get paid the right odds over the bets where they chose for the option to let them ride.
Let It Ride Poker Strategy
The basic strategy for Let it Ride Poker is to take the second and third bet back of you think you will not make a pair of tens or better and to choose for ‘let it ride’ when you have a good hand.
More specific, with three cards open you choose to let it ride with:
* Every paid hand (pair tens or better, two pair and three of a kind)
* All 3 cards that can make a Royal Flush together
* 3 Suited cards in a row (except for A 2 3 en 2 3 4 if you want to play perfect strategy)
* A possible Straight Flush, with a Ten or better
With 4 cards open, you have to choose to let em ride with:
* Every paid hand (pair tens or better, two pair and three of a kind)
* 4 Cards of the same suit
* Open Ended Straight draws (so when you can make a straight on two sides)
* Gutshot Straight Draws, when you have high cards