Video Poker table

There is no paying pair or worthwhile straight, flush, or high-card draw. Discarding all five cards gives the highest expected payout.

Hold the king and draw four. With no pair or worthwhile straight or flush draw, keeping the lone high card gives the highest expected payout.

Keep the suited ace and queen for the best expected return, retaining royal-flush and flush possibilities alongside high-pair draws.

Keep both pairs and discard the nine. This guarantees two pair and gives four outs to a full house, maximizing expected payout.

Hold the ace and jack, the two unsuited high cards. Drawing three offers the best expected payout through high pairs and stronger hands.

Hold the queen and draw four cards. A lone high card has better expected value than keeping the disconnected diamonds or the ten-queen combination.

Keep the ace and jack as two high cards, maximizing expected payout through high pairs and stronger hands. The three spades do not form a straight-flush draw.

Hold the suited ace and king for the highest expected payout, preserving royal-flush and flush possibilities alongside high-pair draws.

Hold the queen and draw four cards. Keeping the lone high card has the highest expected payout, with chances to make a paying pair or a stronger hand.

Hold the ace and draw four cards. Its high-pair potential offers better expected value than keeping the three hearts or the disconnected low cards.

Hold the king and draw four cards. The lone high card offers better expected value than the available disconnected or low-card combinations.

Keep the pair of fives and draw three cards. The low pair has higher expected value than keeping the unsuited high cards or the three diamonds.

Hold the pair of threes and draw three cards. This has the highest expected payout, with chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the pair of twos and draw three cards. This has the highest expected payout, with chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the pair of tens and draw three cards. This has the highest expected payout, with chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the suited ace and king for the best expected payout, preserving royal-flush potential and chances to make a paying high pair. Keeping the 3♥ would reduce the value of the draw.

Hold the pair of fours and draw three cards. This maximizes expected payout by pursuing three of a kind, two pair, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the jack and queen, the two unsuited high cards. Drawing three offers the best expected payout through high pairs and stronger hands.

Keep the pair of queens for a guaranteed paying hand and chances to improve. Its expected payout exceeds drawing to the three-card royal flush.

Keep the four-card royal-rank straight draw. Any queen completes a straight, while pairing the jack, king, or ace also pays; this has higher expected value than keeping only the suited ten-jack.

Hold the pair of eights and draw three cards. This maximizes expected payout through chances of two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the pair of jacks for a guaranteed paying hand and draw three cards for possible improvement. This maximizes expected payout.

Hold the suited jack and ten for royal-flush, straight-flush, flush, and straight opportunities. This has higher expected value than keeping the unsuited jack and king.

Hold the pair of sevens and draw three cards. This maximizes expected payout by pursuing two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the pair of nines and draw three cards. Its chances of improving to two pair, three of a kind, or better give it higher expected value than keeping the suited ace and king.

Hold 6-7-8-9 for an open-ended straight draw. Any 5 or 10 completes the straight, giving eight winning draws out of 47.

Hold the pair of nines and draw three cards. This has the highest expected payout, with chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold 3-4-5-6 for an open-ended straight draw. Any 2 or 7 completes the straight, giving eight winning cards among the 47 remaining.

Hold the jack and draw four cards. With no pair or viable straight-flush draw, keeping the lone high card offers the best expected payout.

Hold the pair of jacks to guarantee a paying hand and draw three cards for chances at two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind. This maximizes expected payout.

Hold the pair of sixes and draw three cards. The low pair has higher expected value than keeping the ace or chasing a straight.

Hold the four diamonds and draw one for the flush. This has higher expected value than keeping the high cards or the two suited royal cards.

Hold the ace and draw four. With no pair or strong straight or flush draw, keeping the lone high card offers the highest expected payout.

Keep the suited ace and queen for the best expected return, preserving royal-flush and flush possibilities while drawing toward high pairs.

Hold the pair of kings for a guaranteed paying hand and draw three cards for chances at two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind. This maximizes expected payout.

Hold the pair of tens and draw three cards. This maximizes expected payout through chances of two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the queen as the only high card and draw four. There is no pair or strong straight or flush draw worth keeping instead.

Discard all five cards. With no paying pair or worthwhile flush or straight draw, a fresh five-card draw has the highest expected payout.

Hold the pair of queens for a guaranteed paying hand and draw three cards to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind. This maximizes expected payout.

Hold the pair of fives and draw three. The low pair has higher expected value than keeping the suited ace and queen, with chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.