In comparison with traditional video poker games Pick’em Poker is a newer and unusual video poker game. You can usually find Pickem Poker on the multi-game machines in casinos, the ones where you determine which game you're going to play by touching a screen and choosing. What's interesting about the game is that it has more in common with stud poker than draw poker, and it has a potentially tremendous payout percentage - 99.95 percent if played with perfect strategy. As you know you receive five cards in other video poker games, but in the case with Pick'em Poker you will receive 8 cards. Two of the cards are face up on the left, and then there are two stacks of three cards each on the right. The upper cards of the two sets of cards on the right are face up. You can’t throw away the cards on the left. These cards can’t be thrown away during the game. But you have to decide which of the right sets of cards you want to hold. The rest of the two down cards will be exposed as soon as you decide which stack you want to hold. So basically, in Pick'em Poker, you're choosing one of two three card hands every round. The hand is formed of the two cards on the left and three cards you have left on the right. Internet Stud Poker Hand.