Video Poker table

No pairs, flush, or straight draws of value; 6s-5s-Ks is not a viable straight-flush draw. Two unsuited high cards (K,Q) is the highest-EV hold per 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy, beating a single high card.

Low pair of sixes (EV ~0.82) beats the open-ended 3-card straight flush draw 4d5d6d (EV ~0.65), so keep the pair and draw three.

Low pair of fours (EV ~0.82 per credit) beats any straight draw here; 2-3-4 is only a three-card straight and far weaker.

Three nines is a made three of a kind; holding the trips and drawing two maximizes EV with chances at a full house or quads.

Unsuited K and Q (two high cards) is the best hold on this junk hand; holding KQ offers high-pair and straight potential with better EV than drawing five.

Low pair of sixes is the best hold; a low pair (EV ~0.82) beats the 6-8-9 inside straight draw and any single-card holds in 9/6 Jacks or Better.

Low pair of fives (EV ≈0.82) clearly beats the three-card 4-5-6 straight draw or a Ten-high draw; hold the pair and draw three.

No pair or draw; holding the two unsuited high cards A and J gives slightly higher EV than a single high card, with pair/two-pair/trips chances from both ranks.

Low pair of eights (EV ~0.82) beats the inside straight draw 4-6-7-8 and the gapped 3-card straight flush, so hold the pair and draw three.

Holding the low pair of sixes is the clear optimal play (EV ~0.82 per credit), far ahead of keeping the lone queen or any straight draw.

No pair, flush draw, or straight draw; two unsuited high cards (J, A) have slightly higher EV than a single high card or the low suited 6-7, so hold both.

6d 7d 9d is a three-card straight flush draw with one gap (type 2), which in 9/6 Jacks or Better ranks above holding a lone ace (EV roughly 0.56 vs 0.47 per credit).

Hold the pair of jacks (high pair) and draw three; high pair beats keeping K with the jacks or any other pattern in 9/6 Jacks or Better.

Hold the open-ended 3-card straight flush 5h-6h-7h (EV ~0.64/credit), which beats the inside straight draw 5-6-7-9 (EV ~0.34/credit).

Low pair of sevens is the best hold (EV ~0.82 per credit), well above holding the lone ace or any straight/flush draw here.

Low pair of nines beats holding the lone jack or any other combination; hold the pair and draw three.

No pair, no flush/straight draw; holding the two unsuited high cards J and Q is the standard optimal play, beating holding a single high card or drawing five.

No pair, no high cards (ten does not pay), no flush draw, and no 4-card straight draw; discarding all five has the highest expected value.

Low pair of nines is the best hold; it beats keeping the lone queen or any other combination in expected value.

No pair or draw; holding the two unsuited high cards A+Q has slightly higher EV than a single high card in 9/6 Jacks or Better.

No pair, no 4-card draws of value; holding the lone Jack (~0.46 EV) beats the 3-card club flush with one high card (~0.44) and the gutshot 4-5-7-8 (~0.34).

Low pair of fours (EV ~0.82) beats the 4-card open-ended straight draw 4-5-6-7 with no high cards (EV ~0.68) in 9/6 Jacks or Better, so keep the pair and draw three.

Low pair of sevens is the best hold (EV ~0.82 per credit), far better than holding the lone queen or any two-card flush/straight combination.

Holding the two unsuited high cards K and Q yields the highest EV (~0.50/credit), beating the 3-card flush draw with one high card (~0.44) and a single high card.

Low pair of nines beats holding AJ unsuited or anything else; keep the pair and draw three.

A high pair of kings (EV ~1.54 per credit) beats holding the two-card royal KJ of diamonds (~0.6), so keep the pair and draw three.

A low pair of eights has higher expected value (~0.82) than holding the unsuited K-Q (~0.50), so keep the pair and draw three.

Two unsuited high cards (J,K) beat the suited K-T two-card royal draw and the unsuited J-T-K straight draw in 9/6 Jacks or Better; exact EV ≈2.43 credits vs ≈2.29 for KT suited and ≈2.08 for JTK.

No pair, flush, or straight draw of value; holding the lone king has the highest expected return versus drawing five or keeping any low cards.

8-9-T-J is an open-ended straight draw with one high card: 8 outs for a straight plus 3 for a jack pair gives ~0.745 EV per credit, far above holding the jack alone.

Three to a royal flush (Ah Kh Th) is clearly the best hold in 9/6 Jacks or Better, far exceeding holding just the two high cards A-K.

Two pair (queens and tens) is dealt; holding both pairs and drawing one card for the full house (EV ~2.6 per credit) beats holding only the high pair.

No pair, no 4-flush, and the three hearts (K-2-4) have no straight-flush potential, so a 3-card flush draw is worse than keeping the lone king; holding Kh alone maximizes EV.

Four-card flush (8s 5s Qs 4s) with a queen kicker has EV around 1.2 per credit, well above the low pair of eights at about 0.82, so draw one to the flush.

A low pair of sevens (EV ~0.82) beats holding QJ unsuited (~0.49) or the three-card nothing; hold the pair and draw three.

Garbage hand with a lone jack: holding the single high card (J) beats drawing five in 9/6 Jacks or Better; no flush or straight draws worth keeping.

Low pair of fours (EV ~0.82) beats the unsuited Q-J high cards (~0.49); the Q-high card draws don't compete with a pair.

Three queens: hold the trips and draw two for full house / quads chances, which is the standard optimal play.

The 8-9-T-Q inside straight draw with one high card returns only about 0.40 per credit (95/47 credits), while holding the lone Queen returns roughly 0.47 per credit, so keep the Queen and draw four.

Three to a flush (Ad 3d 6d) with one high card has a higher expected value (~0.58) than holding A-K unsuited or a lone high card (~0.47), so I keep the diamonds and draw two.