Play Pickem Poker - the Hottest New Video Poker Game

Pickem Poker

Most video poker games play like draw poker. After receiving your first five cards, you can choose to throw away one or more of those cards so they can be replaced in a second deal. A new game called Pickem Poker also has a decision-making feature. But it plays more like stud poker rather than draw poker.

How to Play

In Pickem Poker, you are dealt two groups of cards, one on your left and one on your right. The cards on your left are shown facing up so you know what cards they are. On the right side are two stacks of three cards each. The top card of each stack is also facing up, so you see a total of four cards face up and four cards face down.

Now what decision do you need to make? You need to decide which stack to keep. Once you have chosen, the remaining cards in that stack will be revealed. You now have a five-card hand. You will be paid as determined by the Pickem Poker pay table below.

Pay Table

Your final hand 1-coin 5-coin Royal flush 1000 6000 Straight flush 200 1199 Four of a kind 100 600 Full house 18 90 Flush 15 75 Straight 11 55 Three of a kind 5 25 Two pair 3 15 Pair of 9 or higher 2 10

Expected Return

Pickem Poker has one of the best expected returns in video poker games: 99.95%. In combination with good comps and cashbacks, it can give a positive expectation to the player. That means you win more than you lose.

Basic Strategy

Here is the basic strategy for Pickem Poker. When reading a video poker strategy card, the best hands are on top and the lower you go, the less desirable the hand is. Keeping looking down until you find the hand type you have. Hold the cards specified.

Please bear in mind that when deciding which stack to keep, you can only see your two hole cards and the top of each stack. This means you only have three cards of each possible decision, hence the large number of three's here.

A three of a kind Three cards to a royal flush, except an ace A pair of 9 or better Three cards to a royal flush, with an ace Three cards to a straight flush A pair of 2-8 Three cards to a flush Three cards to a straight A single card of 9 or higher