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Video Poker Penalty Card A useless card in a dealt hand which must be discarded, but whose absence from the remaining deck reduces the chances of making some of the secondary payoffs. This reduces the EV of the play even though it does not affect the probability of the primary target hand Video Poker Penalty Card. when you look at AK, you have the full number of chances to get the QJT98 straight. All four Ts and all four 9s are still in the deck. When you look at AQ, on the other hand, there are fewer chances for the Video Poker Penalty Card straight because there are now only three Qs still in the deck, along with the four Ts. This is an example of a "straight penalty", which we abbreviate. The reduced chance for a straight is worth 7.4¢, assuming straights return 4 for 1.