 How to play
Let It Ride Poker
This 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 as in poker. The player simply
tries to get a winning hand and doesn't compete against other players
or the dealer. The game is played with one deck of standard poker cards,
reshuffled before each hand.
Bets: To begin play you should start placing your bets. There are three simultaneous bets of exactly
the same amount, named 1, 2 and $, chosen between the minimum and the maximum
allowed in the table. You can place your bets by clicking
on a chip of the appropriate value in the lower part of the table.
This causes that three of those chips being automatically placed, one in
each of the betting circles. Then a "DEAL" button appears.
You can continue adding chips to the bets by clicking on more chips.
You can mix chips of different value in a bet, provided that the
maximum limit is not exceeded. This limit refers the the individual
value on each bet, not the total value of the three, which is shown at
the lower right of the screen and can be up to three times the limit.
If you change your mind and wish to remove some chips from the bets, you
can do so by clicking the mouse on any of the betting circles. Each click
removes one chip from all three circles.
There is a lateral bet or "BONUS"
bet, fixed in $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: When
you are done betting, click on the "DEAL" button and the
cards are dealt, three face up for you and another three face down for
the dealer. The "DEAL" button vanishes an two others
appears, named "WITHDRAW" and "LET IT RIDE". Now you
are offered the opportunity to remove one of your three bets or "let it ride". If you do not like
your cards and want to minimize possible loses, then
click on the "WITHDRAW" button and one of the
bets - the 1 bet - is returned to you and your balance is increased
accordingly. If you think you may have a winning hand,
then click on the "LET IT RIDE" button to
continue play keeping your three bets in the table to maximize your winnings. In
either case
the dealer then discards one of her three cards and turns over one of
the remaining two, which is
counted as your fourth card. Now, at the sight of four cards, you must decide again
whether to withdraw your second bet or "let it
ride", and do so by clicking the appropriate button
as before. In either case, the dealer then turns over her
second card and your hand is determined by combining your
three and the dealer's two cards. The hand is over and your winnings
paid. The minimum winning
hand is a pair of tens or better, which pays even money. Winning hands and their odds and payoffs are shown
in the table below. You can start the next game by clicking on the
"NEW GAME" button showing now. This cleans the table and the
dealer invites you to place new bets. If you click on the "REPEAT
BET" now shown, the previous bet is repeated, including a bonus
bet, if there was one. You can place a different bet by clicking on
any chip.
To learn more about playing Let It Ride
and the basic strategy to rise the chances of winning click here: Let
It Ride Strategy.
Sound: To deactivate the sounds and play in silent
mode, click on the small button named "Sound",
located at the lower left of the screen, and release it. A second mouse click will
depress this button
and return to audible mode.
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:
WINNING HANDS OF LET
IT RIDE POKER
PAYOFFS AN ODDS
| Hand |
Description |
Payoff |
Odds |
| Royal Flush |
Ace,
King, Queen, Jack and Ten from same suit. |
1000 to 1 |
625000:1 |
| Straight Flush |
Five
cards in consecutive order from same suit. |
200 to 1 |
68500:1 |
| Four of a Kind |
Four
cards from different suits displaying the same
number or picture (same rank). |
50 to 1 |
4170:1 |
| Full House |
A
hand with a Three of a Kind and a Pair. |
11 to 1 |
700:1 |
| Flush |
Five
cards of same suit. |
8 to 1 |
509:1 |
| Straight |
Five
cards in consecutive order, any combination of
suits. |
5 to 1 |
279:1 |
| Three of a Kind |
Three
cards from different suits displaying the same
number or picture. |
3 to 1 |
47:1 |
| Two pairs |
Two
groups of two cards showing the same number (or
picture). |
2 to 1 |
21:1 |
| Pair of Tens or Better |
One
pair of Tens, Jacks, Queens, Kings or Aces. |
1 to 1 |
6:1 |
The huge payoffs for the bonus bet 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 |
|