Online casinos offer a range of poker formats

The rise in popularity of playing casino games at an online casino has had the effect of bringing casino games such as poker back into the spotlight. Of all the casino games that we can now play online, poker has definitely been the biggest beneficiary in terms of people playing the game on a regular basis. Serious poker players nowadays tend to confine their activities to the Texas Hold’em format of poker, which is the preferred version of the game used in poker tournaments throughout the world, but the advantage of playing at an online casino is that there are many other versions of poker available for us to try. There are many people who enjoy playing casino games and would like to try poker, but the Texas Hold’em format does tend to require a reasonable budget to stay in the game, particularly when playing on one of the many online poker forums against other players, and may therefore be unsuitable for some. One of the alternatives is a game called ‘Let it Ride’, available at both Ladbrokes and Bet365, which is played against the house for fixed odds so that the player has total control of the stake. We have included the full rules of ‘Let it Ride’ on our casino games pages, but here is a summary. The player first places three equal ante bets of at least the minimum table stake, after which three cards are dealt face up followed by two community cards face down in the middle of the table. Based on the potential of the three cards on show the player can then decide to remove one of the ante bets, or Let it Ride. One of the community cards is then revealed and the player can again choose to remove one ante bet or again Let it Ride. The second community card is then revealed and a winning hand is paid at fixed odds according to the ranking of the hand. Some online casinos have a minimum qualifying hand, so check the house rules before you start to play. ‘Let it Ride’ is a great way to learn the rankings of poker hands and good fun in the process.