Draw Poker Advice: Classic Stud Poker Strategy

Classic Stud Poker Strategy

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the new video poker variations is Pick’em Poker. 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. Instead of receiving five cards like you would normally receive in most other video poker games, you receive eight 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 no option to throw away the two cards on the left. Those cards are yours to keep until the end of the hand. 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. 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.

 

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