Video Poker table

A low pair of 4s is worth more than any other hold here (roughly 0.82 credits per credit bet), well above a lone king or the 4-6-7 straight draw, so I keep the pair and discard the rest.

There is no made hand, and K-Q unsuited (two high cards) has a higher expected value than the weak 7-8-9 three-card straight draw or a single high card, so I hold the King and Queen.

A low pair of fives (5s, 5h) is worth more in expected value than any draw from 4c, Td, 8s, so hold the pair and discard the rest.

A low pair (4c 4h) has the highest expected value here, roughly 0.82 per credit. Keeping the ace, or the ace with the queen, is worth less, so I hold the pair and discard the rest.

A held pair of deuces (about 0.82 credits per credit bet) beats keeping the lone jack or any other holding, since the 5 and 6 give no useful straight or flush draw.

No pair, no straight or flush draw worth keeping, so I keep the two unsuited high cards (Ace and Jack). That pair of high cards has a slightly higher expected value than a lone Ace, though I judged this from memory of standard strategy rather than computing it exactly.

A low pair of sevens is worth more in expectation than holding just the ace or king, so I keep the pair and discard the other three cards.

Holding the pair of aces (Ac, Ah) has the highest expected value, about 1.5 credits per credit bet. Every alternative, such as a 3-card high-card draw, is worth less.

Holding the pair of sixes (EV about 0.82 per credit) beats every straight draw or single-card hold here. Keeping 6-6-7-8 can't make a straight, since it is not a real four-card straight draw.

Holding the pair of aces (high pair) is optimal over the 5-4 or 4-5-8 draws; the pair EV of about 1.5 credits per credit bet beats the inside straight or four-card draw options.

No made hand, so I hold the suited Ace and Queen of clubs. Drawing three cards gives about a 34% chance of a high pair, plus royal and flush chances. That should beat holding three clubs including the 3, which by my rough estimate is worth less.

There is no pair, flush draw or straight draw with real value, so I keep the lone king, the highest card with a chance to pair for a jacks-or-better payout, and discard the rest.

A low pair of nines is the best hold here: keep 9d and 9c and discard the 7s, 4s and 3c, since the pair's expected value beats any draw from this hand.

There is no pair, flush draw or straight draw worth keeping, so I hold the unsuited A-K. Two high cards have a higher expected value than any single high card or the weak ace-low straight draw.

A low pair of sixes is worth about 0.82 credits per credit bet, well above the roughly 0.5 for an unsuited Q-K, so I hold the pair and discard the rest.

Hand is 2c 3d 5h 2d Tc. A low pair of deuces is worth more than the inside-straight or other draws, so I hold the pair and discard the other three cards.

A pair of aces is a high pair, which is clearly the best hold here. Keep Ah and Ac and discard 8s, 2d and Qs.

The hand has no pair, no flush draw and no high cards. Holding 3-5-6-7 for the inside straight is worth about 0.34 per credit (4 outs), while discarding all five is worth roughly 0.36, so I discard everything. The 0.36 is recalled from standard strategy tables, not computed exactly.

No pair, no four-card flush or straight draw, and no 3-card straight flush or royal draw. The only high card is the ace, and holding it alone has the highest expected value of the remaining options.

Holding the four diamonds (3d 9d Kd Jd) gives 9 flush outs at 6 credits each plus 6 outs (K or J) for a jacks-or-better pair, about 1.28 credits per credit bet. That beats keeping the low pair of nines at about 0.82.

There is no pair, no high card, no four-card straight or flush, and no straight flush draw. The remaining holds (4-5-6, 9-T, suited 6-9) are weak, so I judged discarding all five to have the best expected value. I did not compute the exact EVs; this is from memory of standard 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy.

A low pair (22) has a higher expected value than any high-card holding such as A-K, so keep the pair and draw three cards.

There is no made hand, only three unsuited high cards (J, Q, A). I'm going from memory of the 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy, not a computed EV: with A-Q-J unsuited it favors keeping only the two lowest high cards, J and Q. That keeps more straight chances (K-10) and I'm not fully certain it beats holding all three.

Hand is 2c 4h 8s 7c 8h with a low pair of eights and no flush or straight draw worth more, so hold the pair of 8s and discard the rest (standard optimal play).

There is no pair, flush draw or straight draw worth keeping. Two unsuited high cards (Jack and Ace) have the best expected value here, because pairing either one pays 5 credits.

Pair of kings (Kc, Kh) is the best hold: a high pair beats keeping the Q or drawing to a flush or straight, and it has the highest expected value here.

No made hand, so I keep the suited high cards Ad and Jd. They give a chance at a high pair plus flush and royal draws, which beats other holds such as 3s4s or a single high card.

There is no pair and no real flush or straight draw, so I hold the two unsuited high cards, King and Ace. In 9/6 Jacks or Better, two unsuited high cards have a slightly higher expected value than a single high card or a full redraw.

Holding the lone Jack (about 0.47 EV per credit) beats the 5-6-7-9 inside straight draw (about 0.34), since only four eights complete it. Jack-nine suited gains nothing over the Jack alone.

No pair, flush draw or straight draw with four cards. The lone king keeps a chance of a paying pair of kings, so it should have a slightly higher EV than 9-8 or 9h-5h, though I chose this from memory of standard strategy, not an exact calculation.

Three tens is a made three of a kind; holding just the trips and drawing two cards gives the best expected value, since it can improve to a full house or four of a kind.

There is no pair, flush draw or four-card draw, so I keep the two unsuited high cards, K and Q. From memory of standard 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy this beats adding the T for an inside straight draw; I did not run the exact calculation.

No made hand or four-card draw is available. Holding the unsuited A-K (about 0.5 to 0.55 credits per bet) looks slightly better than the suited A-2-3 three-card flush draw, which I estimated at roughly 0.5. The two are close, so this is a judgment call.

The 5-6-8-9 inside straight draw has only 4 outs and an EV of about 0.34 per credit. Keeping the queen alone has a slightly higher EV, about 0.36, because it can pair into a jacks-or-better winner.

A low pair (3s) is the best hold here: its EV is about 0.82 per credit, well above holding the lone king (about 0.47), so I keep the pair of threes and discard the rest.

Two pair (aces and sevens) is best kept whole: it pays 2 per credit now and draws to a full house with 4 of 47 cards, which beats holding only the aces.

Holding the pair of kings (Kd, Ks) is the standard optimal play here; a high pair has higher EV than any draw such as the 5-8-9 suited or connected cards.

A low pair of 7s is worth about 0.82 credits per credit bet, more than the open-ended 7-8-9-T straight draw at about 0.68 (8 outs paying 4). I hold the two 7s.

There is no pair, flush draw or real straight draw. Holding the lone jack, the only high card, has slightly better expected value than keeping the unsuited jack-ten (recalled from standard strategy tables, not computed exactly), so I discard the other four.

With no pair or made draw, I keep the suited Ace and Ten of hearts. That keeps the royal, flush and high-pair outs. I chose it over holding the Ace alone from remembered strategy-table values, not an exact calculation, and I judge the two close.