Let It Ride Poker Rules

Let It Ride is a variation of five-card stud poker in which the player tries to get a good hand by combining three cards dealt to him or her with the dealer's two "hole" cards. To reduce the risk when chances for a winning hand seem bleak, the player can remove up to two-thirds of his or her original bet during play. The object of the game is to obtain the highest possible poker hand. The winning Let It Ride hands and their payoffs are shown below and are the same of poker. The player simply tries to get a winning hand and doesn't compete against other players or the dealer.  Let It Ride Poker is played with one standard poker cards deck, reshuffled before each hand.

Bets: In Let It Ride poker there are three simultaneous bets of exactly the same amount, chosen by the player between the minimum and the maximum allowed in the table. The game begins by placing the three bets in the three betting circles named 1, 2 and $.  To do this in the 4 Jacks Casino, click on the chip of the chosen value and three of these chips are automatically placed. Additional clicks add more chips to the bets. You can mix chips of different value, but cannot exceed the maximum allowed for the table. The limits refer to the individual value of each bet, not the addition of the three.

There is a lateral bet or "BONUS" bet in Let It Ride poker, fixed as $1. To place the bonus bet click on the "BONUS" rectangle in the middle of the table. This causes that a $1 chip being put though the slot in this rectangle. A green light under it goes on, indicating that you are going for the bonus in this hand. The bonus bet cannot be retrieved back.

The Game: In Let It ride Poker the player is dealt three face-up cards and another three go face down to the dealer. The hand is formed by the three player's cards plus two "hole" cards of the dealer. The player looks at his or her three cards and decides if there is a good chance of forming a winning hand or not. If the chances are bleak, the player can withdraw one of the bets in order to minimize possible loses, or can let stay or "let it ride" all three bets to maximize winnings. After the first decision, the dealer discards one of her three face-down cards and turn face up one of the other two, which is the fourth card for the player. The player again decides if to withdraw a second bet or let it ride them as before. After this second decision, the dealer turns face up the last card, the hand is evaluated and prizes are paid according to the payoff table below. 

Payoffs: The Let it Ride poker table at the 4 Jacks Casino conforms to the rules and payoff regulations found in Las Vegas and casinos around the world, and are in accordance with the following schedule:

Hand	Description	Payoff
Royal Flush	Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten from same suit.	1000 to 1
Straight Flush	Five cards in consecutive order from same suit.	200 to 1
Four of a Kind	Four cards from different suits displaying the same number or picture (same rank).	50 to 1
Full House	A hand with a Three of a Kind and a Pair.	11 to 1
Flush	Five cards of same suit.	8 to 1
Straight	Five cards in consecutive order, any combination of suits.	5 to 1
Three of a Kind	Three cards from different suits displaying the same number or picture.	3 to 1
Two pairs	Two groups of two cards showing the same number (or picture).	2 to 1
Pair of Tens or Better	One pair of Tens, Jacks, Queens, Kings or Aces.	1 to 1

The huge payoffs for the bonus bet of Let It Ride poker are paid according to the following table:

BONUS PAYOFFS

Hand	Payoff
Royal Flush	$30,000
Straight Flush	$3,000
Four of a Kind	$400
Full House	$200
Flush	$50
Straight	$25
Three of a Kind	$5