Like blackjack and video poker, player decisions in Let It Ride affect the house edge.
With the standard pay table and optimal strategy, the house edge is 3.51%,[2] several times that of blackjack and craps.
The most distinguishing feature of Let It Ride is that the player is given two opportunities to withdraw exactly one-third of their initial wager.
In the event of a winning hand after the second community card is revealed, what remains of the player's wager is paid out according to a payout table such as the one given below.
There are small variations in payoffs between casinos, but the lowest paying hand in Let It Ride is typically a pair of 10s; a pair of nines or less is a losing hand, which results in the player forfeiting their remaining wager to the house.