Poker is a very popular casino game but for many, poker formats such as Texas Hold’em can risk them easily exceeding their budget in just one or two hands because the stakes can increase so many times during the game. There are however some online casinos who offer alternative forms of poker with fixed stakes and fixed odds winnings depending on the value of your hand. One of these alternative online poker games is ‘Let it ride’, which you can find at Ladbrokes and Bet365, and this is one casino game that allows online casino gamblers with limited budgets to play poker without risking high losses. We have explained the basic rules of Let it ride poker on our games pages, but briefly it is a game of poker played against the house using a standard 52 card deck. When played at an online casino, three cards are dealt face up, followed by two community cards face down in the middle of the table. Before the cards are dealt, the player is required to place three equal bets of at least the table minimum, and these bets are the maximum which a player can lose on that hand. The player can then decide whether the three cards they can see give them a chance of winning when combined with the blind community cards, and they can remove one of the initial bets or let it ride. One community card is then revealed and the player has another chance to remove one of their initial bets, or again let it ride. The final community card is then turned up and winning hands are rewarded at fixed odds against the remaining stake. The minimum winning hand is normally a pair of tens, so it is worth checking the house rules before you play, but if you are lucky enough to get a straight or straight flush the odds are very good. Let it ride is a very simple online casino game which allows you complete control of your maximum stake, and is an excellent introduction to poker. As usual you should play for free until you are sure of how the game is played, but if you enjoy playing poker and don’t have a large budget then log on to the Ladbrokes or Bet365 online casino sites and give it a try.