Video Poker table

Keep the low pair and two high cards: this preserves the pair’s chance to improve while drawing one card, with extra two-pair and high-pair possibilities.

Keep the jack; as a high card it gives chances to make a paying pair, and drawing four cards preserves more opportunities than holding the low cards or the three-card flush draw.

Keep the two unsuited high cards, ace and queen; this has better expected value than drawing to the three-card flush.

Keep the three aces and draw two; discarding both kickers gives the best chance to improve to four of a kind or a full house.

Hold the pair of kings; it has the strongest expected value, with chances to improve to three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the queen as the only paying high-card hold; the low, unpaired cards offer weaker drawing value.

Keep the two unsuited high cards, ace and queen, to draw for a paying high pair or better; the three hearts are not a strong enough flush draw to prefer.

Hold the three clubs to draw toward a flush; the other cards do not form a paying pair or a stronger draw.

Hold 5♣, 6♣, and 7♦: they form a strong three-card straight draw, while the two clubs also preserve flush potential.

Hold the pair of eights; drawing three cards gives the best expected value compared with keeping the unpaired high cards.

Keep the three clubs for a flush draw; they also have a chance to complete a straight or straight flush.

Keep the four-card inside straight: a 6 completes a straight, while the king is not a paying pair and is less valuable to hold.

Keep the ace as a high card; the other cards do not form a paying pair or a sufficiently strong draw.

Hold both pairs; drawing one card gives the best value, with chances to improve to a full house or four of a kind while retaining two-pair value.

Keep the pair of kings; drawing three cards gives the best expected value.

Hold the two unsuited high cards, jack and queen, for a chance to make a paying high pair; the other cards offer no stronger draw.

Keep the three diamonds for a flush draw; this has higher expected value than keeping only the king or pursuing the disconnected ranks.

Keeping the suited Q-T preserves flush and straight possibilities while retaining a chance to pair the queen.

Hold the pair of aces; drawing three cards gives the strongest expected value.

Hold the pair of kings; drawing three cards gives the strongest expected value, and the jack does not improve this hold.

Hold the three unsuited high cards; they offer the best chance to make a paying high pair or better.

Hold the unsuited king and queen: they are two high-card draws, with chances to make a paying pair or improve to two pair or a straight.

Keep the pair of fours; drawing three cards to improve it has higher expected value than pursuing the incomplete low straight.

Keep the three hearts for a flush draw; this has better expected value than the available high-card or straight possibilities.

Keep the four-card open-ended straight draw (8-9-10-J), which can complete with a 7 or queen; holding the jack also preserves a small high-pair payout.

Keeping A♥, K♥, and 5♥ preserves a strong three-card flush draw while retaining two high-card pair opportunities.

Hold the pair of aces, which has the strongest expected payout; the other cards do not form a valuable draw.

Keep the four high cards: they give several chances to pair a paying rank, and a queen completes a straight.

Hold the ace and queen as the two high cards; the other cards offer no stronger draw.

Keep the pair of tens; it has better expected value than breaking it for the incomplete straight draw.

Hold the pair of fives and draw three cards; keeping the pair gives the best expected value.

Keep the king and jack as two paying high cards; drawing three gives the best chance to make a jacks-or-better pair or better.

Keep the king and jack: two high cards give strong chances to make a paying pair or better, and are preferable to the three-card flush draw.

Keep 3♥, 2♦, A♥, and 5♦ for the four-card A-2-3-5 straight draw; drawing a 4 completes the straight.

Hold the suited ace and jack: they preserve two high-card pair opportunities while also allowing flush and straight draws.

There is no pair, high card, four-card straight, or four-card flush draw. Discarding all five cards gives the best expected value.

Hold the three high cards (A, J, Q) to retain multiple pair and straight-draw opportunities; the two-card heart draw is less valuable here.

Keep the pair of eights; drawing three cards to improve the pair has higher expected value than keeping the unrelated high cards.

Hold the pair of sixes; drawing three cards gives the best chance to improve to a paying hand.

Keep the pair of tens; drawing three cards gives the best expected value among these holds.