Let It Ride Poker is a relatively new variant of the standard five-card poker game in which players aim to make the best possible five-card poker hand, ranging from a pair to a royal flush.

What makes Let It Ride different from other casino games is that players are neither playing against the house nor other players, and are required to make relatively few decisions during the course of each hand. This makes it a relatively unthreatening game with less chance for strategic errors on the part of the players.

The objective in Let It Ride is to make a pair of tens or better, using a combination of the three cards dealt to the player, and the two cards dealt to the dealer. Generally the house will pay 1-1 for a pair of tens or above, 2-1 for any two pair, and up to 1000-1 for a royal flush.

Let It Ride History

Invented by Shuffle Master, Let It Ride hit casinos in 1993 and quickly became popular with inexperienced gamblers, in large part due to the chance afforded players to pull back up to two of the three bets they are required to make before receiving their cards.

Let It Ride is traditionally played at a relatively slow pace in casinos, and is often patronised by older gamblers, but in recent years the Internet has allowed the game to shed its slow paced image. Still popular amongst its traditional fan base, Let It Ride has gathered a new online following of younger, looser gamblers.