Pick'em Poker is a newer and more unusual variety of video poker, at least compared to the more traditional games of Jacks or Better and Deuces Wild. 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. Pick'em Poker has more similarities with stud poker and unlike any other video poker game it has an incredible payout – 99.95 percent. Unlike other video poker games in Pick'em Poker you will be dealt 8 cards. Two of these cards are placed face up on the left and two sets of three cards on the right. The upper cards of the two sets of cards on the right are face up. You have to hold the two cards on the left. You have to hold them till the end of the game. You do get to pick which of the two stacks of cards on the right you want to keep though. The other two cards of the tree-card stack will be turned up as soon as you decide which one to hold. In fact the main objective is to choose which stack of cards you want to hold. The hand is formed of the two cards on the left and three cards you have left on the right. Multi-Hand Stud Poker Origin.