Let It Ride
Always Fun Casinos offers regulation size Let It Ride tables with room for 7 players. The table is 6' x 3½' in size and shaped as a half-moon. The table can be configured either at the stand up or sit down height
Rules to Let It Ride
This game is based on 5 Card Stud Poker, but in this game you are not
playing against other players or the house. With Let It Ride you only play against
your own luck.
Starting out you have to make three equal bets. This is done by
placing one of your chips in each of the three circles located at your
playing position. Those circles will be marked as "$", "1" and
"2". The chips in 1 and 2 may be called back later on but the chip
in the $ circle is the minimum you have to risk. After
placing the bets each player and the dealer gets three cards face down.
The dealer then will discard one of his cards immediately. Those cards
are not a hand; they are later being used for every player to create a
five card poker hand out of his own three cards.
Once all the cards are dealt the players can pick up their first three
cards and look at them. After you looked at your cards and you don't
think you are going to have a winning hand, you can ask for your
first bet back. This is done by dragging the cards on the table the
same way as if you were taking a hit in Blackjack. The dealer will then
give you back one of your three bets. In this case the one bet is out of
the game regardless if you win or lose. If you think you have a winning
hand just slide your cards face down under your bet. This signals to the
dealer that you want to Let it Ride. After every player chooses
between "Let It Ride" or taking back one bet the dealer turns one of his
two cards over. You now have to use the dealers upcard with your own
three cards to make a good hand. At this point the betting, as explained
before, starts over.
Each player is again given the choice to Let it Ride or take his
second bet back. In either case, whether you let it ride or take
back your bet, the decision you made on the first bet will not be
affected. For instance: If you after the first bet thought that you
were going to have a winning hand and let it ride, but now you don't
think you will be a winner anymore you could take your second bet back -
but the first bet still remains on the table. Once everybody has made
their decision on the second bet, in the same way as explained above,
the dealer will turn over his second card. Now you have to use both
of the dealers upcards together with your three cards to make the best
hand. You are a winner if you have a Pair of Tens or better. The
payout is based on the bets you left on the table. For each bet you left
on the table you will get the following odds.
Let It Ride Payout Chart
The ranking of the
hands are the same as in regular Poker.
|
Hand
|
Description
|
Payoff
|
| Royal flush | A, K, Q, J, and 10, all in the same suit | 1000 to 1 |
| Straight flush | Five cards in sequential order & of the same suit | 200 to 1 |
| Four of a kind | Four cards with the same value | 50 to 1 |
| Full house | 3 cards of the same value, along with a pair | 11 to 1 |
| Flush | Five cards of the same suit | 8 to 1 |
| Straight | Five consecutive cards | 5 to 1 |
| Three of a kind | Three cards of the same value | 3 to 1 |
| Two pair | Two pairs in the same hand | 2 to 1 |
| Pair of tens or better | Two cards with the same value | 1 to 1 |