Let It Ride
Let It Ride is a five-card poker game. Players compete against a pay table, not against the dealer.
Players start out by making three bets of equal size. They receive three cards. Two community cards are dealt face down.
The objective of the game is to combine the player’s three card hand with the two community cards to form a five-card poker hand of a pair of 10s or better. Before each community card is revealed, players have the option to withdraw one of their bets or keep it in action. If the player wins, all bets left in action are paid according to a pay table.
There is also an optional 3 Card Bonus side bet which is based on the player’s initial three cards and pays on a pair or better.
Game Rules
Placing Bets
• The game uses a single 52-card deck which is shuffled at the conclusion of each hand.
• To begin the game, the player must make three equal bets in the circles marked “$”, “2” and “1”. The “3 Card Bonus” can only be bet on at this point and is an optional side bet.
Game Play
• After betting, the player will receive three starting cards. Two community cards are dealt face down.
• The player has a choice:
• Pull – this will withdraw the “1” bet.
• Let It Ride – this will keep the bet in action.
After an action is made, the first community card will be revealed.
• The player has a final choice:
• Pull – this will withdraw the “2” bet
• Let It Ride – this will keep the bet in action.
• The second community card will then be revealed.
• If the player has less than a pair of 10s, all bets left in action lose.
• If the player has a pair of 10s or better, all bets left in action are paid ac-cording to the All 3 bets – “$”, “2”, “1” pay table posted within the game.
3 Card Bonus
• The optional 3 Card Bonus side bet is based on the player’s initial three cards only. The outcome of the “$”, “2” and “1” bets do not influence payouts for the 3 Card Bonus.
• Players are paid according to the 3 Card Bonus pay table.
Ranking of Hands
In Let It Ride, hands are ranked from highest to lowest as follows:
ALL 3 BETS: $, 2, 1 – 5 CARD POKER HANDS
• Royal Flush (contains the following cards of the same suit: A, K, Q, J, 10)
• Straight Flush (all cards are in sequential rank and of the same suit)
• Four of a Kind (contains four cards of the same rank)
• Full House (contains three matching cards of one rank, and two match-ing cards of another rank)
• Flush (all cards are of the same suit)
• Straight (all cards are of sequential rank in at least two different suits)
• Three of a Kind (contains three cards of the same rank)
• Two Pair (contains two cards of the same rank, plus two more of anoth-er matching rank)
• Pair of Tens or Better (contains two cards of the same rank)
3 CARD BONUS – 3 CARD POKER HANDS
• Mini Royal (contains the following cards of the same suit: A, K, Q)
• Straight Flush (all cards are in sequential rank and of the same suit)
• Three of a Kind (contains three cards of the same rank)
• Straight (all cards are of sequential rank in at least two different suits)
• Flush (all cards are of the same suit)
• Pair (contains two cards of the same rank)
Note that the value of a card ascends sequentially from 2-10, and then according to the following:
• Jack (denoted by a J)
• Queen (denoted by a Q)
• King (denoted by a K)
• Ace (denoted by an A)
When evaluating a hand, only the highest possible rank within the player’s cards is considered (while a Straight Flush contains both a Straight and a Flush, it is calculated solely as a Straight Flush). Ace is high except in 3-2-Ace se-quence. Note that side bets are paid according to the pay table.