Video Poker table

Hold the suited ace and king for royal-flush potential and high-pair draws. Drawing three has higher expected value than keeping the third club or the low cards.

Hold the jack and draw four cards. A lone high card has better expected value than the available inside-straight draws or suited connectors.

Hold the king as the only high card and draw four. The unsuited low cards do not offer a stronger draw.

Hold the four spades and discard the ten to draw for a flush. Nine of the 47 remaining cards complete the flush, giving this hold the highest expected payout.

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

Keep the suited ace and king for the best expected payout, preserving royal-flush and flush potential while drawing toward high pairs and other paying hands.

Hold the ace and queen as two unsuited high cards, giving the best expected return through high pairs and stronger hands. The four-card wheel draw is less valuable.

Hold the queen as the only high card and draw four. With no pair or worthwhile straight or flush draw, this offers the highest expected payout.

Hold the king and jack, the two unsuited high cards. Drawing three offers the best expected payout, with chances to make a paying pair or a stronger hand.

Hold the queen and jack: two unsuited high cards offer the best expected payout, with chances to make a paying pair or improve to a stronger hand.

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

Hold the pair of aces for a guaranteed paying hand and draw three cards to maximize the chance of improving to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

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

Hold the ace and king as two unsuited high cards, drawing three for a paying pair or a stronger hand. There is no worthwhile straight or flush draw to retain instead.

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

Hold the four hearts and discard the ace. The nine remaining hearts complete a flush, giving this draw the highest expected payout.

Hold both pairs and discard the ten. This guarantees two pair and gives a 4-in-47 chance to improve to a full house, maximizing expected payout.

Hold the suited jack and queen. Their flush and royal-flush potential gives slightly higher expected value than keeping all four high cards for an inside straight draw.

Hold the king and ace as two high cards. Their combined chances of making a paying pair or better outweigh the suited king-ten draw.

Hold the four hearts and draw one card. The nine remaining hearts complete a flush, making this more valuable than keeping only the suited king and queen.

Hold 9-T-J-Q for an open-ended straight draw: any eight or king completes a straight, and pairing the jack or queen also pays.

Hold the ace alone for the highest expected payout. Drawing four cards is better than keeping the three diamonds or chasing the inside wheel straight.

Hold the king and draw four cards. Keeping the suited ten has lower expected value, especially with another heart already unavailable.

Hold the four diamonds to draw for a flush. Nine remaining diamonds complete the flush, and pairing the ace or queen also pays, giving this hold the highest expected payout.

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

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

Hold the jack and king, the two unsuited high cards. Drawing three cards gives the best expected payout through high pairs and chances at stronger hands.

Hold the pair of fours 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.

Keep the pair of sevens and draw three cards. The low pair offers higher expected value than the available straight draws.

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

Hold the pair of kings and draw three cards. This guarantees a paying pair while maximizing expected payout through chances to improve.

Hold the queen and draw four cards. The lone high card has better expected value than retaining the scattered clubs or the unsuited ten-queen combination.

Hold the jack as the only high card and draw four. This has higher expected value than keeping any of the disconnected low cards.

Hold the pair of twos and draw three cards. The low pair offers higher expected value than keeping the lone ace, with chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the king and queen: two unsuited high cards offer better expected value than the three-card flush draw or either high card alone.

Discard all five cards. There is no paying pair or sufficiently strong straight or flush draw to justify holding cards.

Hold both pairs and discard the 4. This guarantees two pair and gives a 4-in-47 chance of improving to a full house, maximizing expected payout.

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

Hold the pair of kings for a guaranteed paying hand, drawing three cards to maximize expected payout through two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the jack and draw four cards. Keeping the lone high card has higher expected value than the available low-card or unsuited straight draws.