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. Pick'em Poker is very like stud poker. But the main feature of the game is a payout, which is 99.95 percent. 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 these cards are placed face up on the left and two sets of three cards on the right. After the deal you can see four cards as the top cards of the sets of cards on the right are up. You have to hold the two cards on the left. These cards can’t be thrown away during the game. You do get to pick which of the two stacks of cards on the right you want to keep though. The rest of the two down cards will be exposed as soon as you decide which stack you want to hold. In fact this fact determines the outcome of the game. You have to make a right choice. The hand is formed of the two cards on the left and three cards you have left on the right. Online Poker Payout.