Let It Ride poker is a cross between 5-card draw poker and video poker. You win a game based on the rank of your five-card poker hand, but you win money based on the kind of hand. What is unique to Let It Ride poker is that, as the name suggests, you let your bets "ride".
Popular poker games like Texas Hold'em, 7-card stud, Omaha hi/lo, and Caribbean stud poker do not have the same bet riding characteristic, so Let It Ride poker offers a refreshing way to boost your earnings from poker. With an estimated 50 million players in the United States alone, poker itself is regarded as America's most popular card game.
The Object of the Game
In Let It Ride poker as in video poker, players do not compete against one another or the dealer. You are simply rewarded by the house according to fixed payouts for specific types of poker hands. Much like 5-card draw poker, the object of the game is to make the best possible five-card hand, which should be a pair 10 at the very least. Only in let it ride poker, you have an opportunity to let a bet ride, which means to make a bet and have it remain in effect for the entire duration of the game.