Video Poker table

Hold the ace and jack as two high cards, giving multiple chances to make a paying high pair.

Keep the ace as the only paying high card; the low-card straight possibility is too weak to outweigh drawing four cards toward a pair of aces or another paying high pair.

Keep the ace and jack as high-card draws; the other cards do not form a stronger paying draw.

Keeping the three clubs gives a strong flush draw while retaining the queen for a chance at a paying pair. Discarding the two off-suit low cards offers better expected value than holding the queen alone.

Keep the ace as the only high card; the other cards offer no useful pair, straight draw, or flush draw.

Keep the low pair; drawing three cards offers better expected value than pursuing the three-card straight sequence.

Keep the pair of threes; drawing three cards with a low pair has better expected value than pursuing the three-card heart flush or the other draws.

Keep the low pair; drawing three cards to it has better expected value than keeping only the two suited high cards.

Hold the pair of fives; drawing three cards to improve it has higher expected value than keeping the jack or other unpaired cards.

Hold the ace as the only high card; the remaining cards offer no useful pair, straight, or flush draw, and drawing four gives the best chance to make a paying pair of aces.

Keep the three clubs, including Jacks and Tens: this gives a flush draw while retaining chances to make a paying high pair or better.

Keep the pair of queens, which has strong value and better expected payout than the available partial straight or flush draws.

Keep the pair of threes for the strong chance to improve to three of a kind or better; the lone jack does not justify breaking the pair.

Hold the pair of eights; drawing three cards to a made pair has better expected value than the incomplete straight or flush possibilities.

Hold the jack: it can make a paying jacks-or-better pair, while the three spades do not form a strong enough draw to justify keeping them.

Hold the three consecutive cards 7, 8, and 9 for the best chance to complete a straight; discard the unsuited 3 and ace.

Hold the pair of kings; drawing three cards offers the best expected payout through trips, two pair, and stronger made hands.

Hold the four cards 3, 4, 6, and 7: drawing any of the four remaining 5s completes a straight, while the jack does not improve this draw.

Keep the pair of aces; it has the strongest expected return compared with the available draws.

Keep the three spades for a flush draw; with no pair or stronger draw, this has better expected value than holding only the king.

Keep the three distinct high cards for the strongest draw, including chances to make a paying pair, two pair, or a straight.

Keep the queen for a chance to make a paying pair of queens or better; the low cards do not form a valuable draw.

Keeping three spades gives a chance to complete a flush while retaining the ace for a high-pair payout; the low unsuited cards have little value.

Keep the queen as the strongest lone high card and draw four; the unsuited jack does not make a valuable draw worth keeping.

Keep the two suited high cards; this preserves the chance to make a paying high pair, flush, or royal flush.

Hold the two high cards, ace and jack, to give the draw chances to make a paying high pair or better.

Keep the pair of aces; drawing three cards gives the strongest expected return, with chances to improve to trips, two pair, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the three diamonds for a flush draw, while retaining the J–10 combination that can also contribute to straights or a paying high pair.

Hold the jack as the only high card; the other cards do not form a stronger paying draw.

Hold 9-10-Q: a jack completes the inside straight, and another queen makes a paying pair. The other cards offer no stronger hold.

Keep the four consecutive ranks 7 through 10; a 6 or jack completes a straight.

Hold the pair of jacks; it has the strongest expected value compared with drawing to the other cards.

Hold the pair of kings; a high pair has greater expected value here than the four-card flush draw.

Keep the 3♣-4♣-5♣ three-card straight-flush draw: it has strong flush and straight potential, with better expected value than holding the low pair of threes.

Hold the pair of nines; drawing three cards to improve it has higher expected value than keeping the unpaired high cards.

Keep the jack-high pair candidate; the other cards do not form a paying hand or a strong straight or flush draw.

Keep the low pair; drawing three cards to it has better expected value than pursuing the three-card diamond flush draw.

Keep the ace as the only high card; it gives the best chance to make a paying high pair, while the other cards offer no strong draw.

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

Keep the king as the only paying high card; discard the low cards, which offer no useful straight or flush draw.