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Let It Ride hands

Let It Ride uses the regular five-card poker hands, from a royal flush down to no pair. The best hand is a royal flush, paid 1,000 to 1, and the smallest winning hand is a pair of 10s, paid 1 to 1. A pair of 9s or lower loses.

The hands, ranked

Only your five cards count

Your hand is your three cards plus the two community cards. That is exactly five, so you use all of them. There is no choosing a best five, and no dealer hand to compare with. Kickers don't matter either. A pair of aces with a 2 beside it pays the same as a pair of aces with a king.

The pair that pays

A pair is the most common hand in the game, and its rank decides everything:

• 10s, jacks, queens, kings, aces: pays 1 to 1 on every bet still up.
• 2s through 9s: loses, the same as no pair.

That split is why the strategy lets a pair of 10s ride and pulls back a pair of 9s. 10♠10♥2♦ already pays. 9♠9♥2♦ needs another card to help. The strategy.

Two pair of any rank

Two pair pays 2 to 1 whatever the ranks. 3♣3♦2♥2♠7♦ pays the same as kings and queens. With four cards, any two pair lets bet 2 ride.

Straights and aces

A straight is five cards in a row. The ace can be high, as in A♣K♦Q♠J♥10♣, or low, as in 5♦4♠3♣2♥A♦. It can't wrap around: Q-K-A-2-3 is not a straight. Suits never rank.

How often each hand comes

A flush is rarer than a straight, which is why it pays more. More on the odds.

Hands made by the community cards

The two community cards are shared by everyone at the table. When they pair, as in Q♣Q♦, every player at the table holds at least a pair of queens, and every hand pays. When they are low and unpaired, most hands at the table need their own three cards to do the work. Either way, each player is paid on their own five cards only, and one player's hand never changes another's.

How often your first three cards already pay

Of the 22,100 possible three-card starts, 1,492 already pay: 1,440 with a pair of 10s or better and 52 with three of a kind. That is about 1 in 15. Every other hand needs help from the community cards, which is why most of them pull bet 1 back.

Starting hands

Your first three cards decide bet 1:

• 6♦6♣6♥ Three of a kind already pays 3 to 1. Let it ride.
• A♥A♦4♠ A pair of aces already pays. Let it ride.
• 8♠8♥K♦ A pair of 8s doesn't pay yet. Pull it back.
• Q♠J♠9♠ Suited, one gap, high cards: a straight flush draw. Let it ride.
• A♠K♦7♣ Two high cards but no pair and no suited draw. Pull it back.

Four-card hands

With the first community card, you decide bet 2:

• K♠K♥3♦3♣ Two pair already pays 2 to 1. Let it ride.
• 8♥6♥4♥K♥ Four to a flush. Let it ride.
• J♦8♣3♥8♦ A pair of 8s still doesn't pay. Pull it back.

See the hands in play

Our free table names your hand as the cards turn over and grades every choice. Practice Let It Ride.

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