One of the online casino games that is available at most online casinos is let it ride poker which is sometimes called let it ride or at Paddy Power casino let them ride and it is a great introduction to the game of poker as it enables the casino player to learn the value of hands and the frequency or likelihood of hands appearing. Let it ride is played against the house and you cannot lose more than your stake on the hand although you can in fact win multiples of your stake if your hand is good enough. The unique feature of let it ride poker is that in most casino games such as blackjack you can increase your bet if you think you have a good hand but in let it ride you start with three bets on the table and you can withdraw two of them as the game progresses or alternatively of course you can leave them in play or let them ride. Let it ride poker at an online casino is simple enough; there are three cards dealt face up to the player and two cards face down in the centre of the table which are called community cards. Based on your three cards you must decide whether or not you can form a winning 5 card poker hand which in let it ride is a pair of tens or better using the three cards you can see plus the two community cards. If you think you cannot then you simply withdraw one of your three bets or if you think you can then you let that bet ride. Following this, one of the community cards is revealed and the process is repeated with the third bet. It is interesting to note that in let it ride, even though you may have withdrawn a bet at the first opportunity you are still in the game and free to make any decision about the next bet so you really can adjust your stake as you wish.