Video Poker table

There is no pair, flush draw or straight draw, so the best play is to keep the three high cards A-K-Q and discard the 7 and 5. This gives the best chance at a high pair and a small chance at a Broadway straight.

A low pair of sevens (7h, 7s) is worth more than holding the lone king, so I hold the pair and discard the other three cards.

A pair of jacks (Jd, Js) is a made paying hand and has the highest expected value of the 32 hold patterns here, so I hold the pair and discard 3s, 9d and 7h.

A pair of nines (low pair) has a higher expected value than any of the weak straight or flush draws in this hand, so I hold the pair and discard the other three cards.

A pair of jacks is a made paying hand with the best expected value here, well above any draw from 9-8 or other partial holds, so keep Jh and Js and discard the rest.

Three sevens is a made three of a kind; hold the trips and discard the ace and the three to draw for four of a kind or a full house, which beats keeping the ace kicker.

Jh-Qs-Ts-9s is an open-ended straight draw: 8 outs (any 8 or K) pay 4, and 6 more outs pair a J or Q for 1. That gives about 0.81 per credit, better than any other hold such as the high-card or flush draws.

A low pair of eights (EV about 0.82 per credit) beats the king-jack suited high-card draw (about 0.55), so I hold the pair and discard the other three cards.

A low pair of sixes (about 0.82 credits per credit bet) is worth far more than the inside straight draw 2-3-5-6, which has only four outs (about 0.34).

A low pair of 4s (expected return about 0.82 per credit) is worth more than any high-card or suited draw in this hand, so I hold the pair and discard the other three cards.

There is no made hand or four-card draw, so I keep only the queen, a single high card, which has a higher expected value than the three-card low flush or the Q-9 suited pair.

A low pair of fives (EV about 0.82) beats any draw available here, including the weak three-card straight draw 3-4-5 or keeping the lone jack.

There is no pair and no four-card draw. Holding the lone jack, which can still pair to pay jacks or better, is worth more than the weak straight or flush draws such as 9-7-6 or 7-6 suited.

A low pair of deuces is the best hold here; keeping the pair and drawing three cards beats any draw built on the ten, eight and five, which have no flush or straight potential.

Holding 2-4-5-6 gives an inside straight draw that completes on any of the four 3s, worth about 0.34 credits per credit bet. That is slightly better than the alternatives I weighed: holding 4-5-6 alone (roughly 0.3), the weak three-flush, or discarding everything.

A high pair of aces is already a paying hand and has the best expected value here, ahead of any flush draw with the three hearts, so I keep the two aces and discard the rest.

A low pair of sixes has the highest expected value here, ahead of the weak three-card club draw (6c, 7c, Jc), so I hold the pair and discard the rest.

A low pair of 3s is worth more than any of the draws here. The 3-4-5 suited draw and the king high card are both weaker, so I keep the pair and discard the rest.

A pair of deuces (about 0.82 credits per credit bet) is worth more than the suited A-K (about 0.6), so I hold the pair and discard the other three cards.

A high pair (queens) is the best hold here; keeping just the pair is worth about 1.5 per credit, more than any draw using Jh or the hearts.

A low pair of sixes is the best hold here: it has higher expected value than keeping the lone king or any draw, since there is no strong draw among 2s, 3c and Kd.

No made hand or pair, so I keep the suited ten and jack of clubs. Suited JT has slightly higher expected value than holding a single jack, going by my recollection of 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy rather than a recomputation.

A pair of jacks is a made paying hand with the best expected value over any other hold, so I keep Js and Jh and discard the 3d, 8h and 2d.

A pair of kings (Ks, Kd) is a made high pair that pays now and has the highest expected value; discard the 9, 8 and 3.

Keeping the unsuited J and K (two high cards) has the highest expected value here, ahead of the weak 3-diamond flush draw or a lone K.

A low pair of sixes (EV about 0.82 per credit) beats keeping the lone jack, so hold the pair of 6s and discard the rest.

Jd, Td and Kd are three suited cards to a royal flush, which has a higher expected value than holding just the suited K-J or a single high card.

Nothing here beats two unsuited high cards, so I hold Jh and Ad. That keeps a chance at a high pair, which is worth more than a single high card or the weak 3-card heart flush with J, 6, 2.

Holding 9-J-Q-K keeps an inside straight draw (four 10s) and also pairs with any J, Q or K for 9 more outs, about 0.53 expected credits per credit bet. That edges out holding only K-Q-J unsuited, which I recall as slightly lower; I did not compute the K-Q-J figure exactly.

A low pair of nines is worth more than any draw here, and the 4-5-7 cards give only a weak inside straight draw. Hold the pair and discard the other three cards.

No pair, flush draw, or straight draw here is strong enough. Holding the lone jack and drawing four cards has the best expected value, since it can make a paying jacks-or-better pair.

2-3-4-5 is an open-ended straight draw: any of 4 aces (ace-low) or 4 sixes completes it, 8 outs out of 47 for about 0.68 credits per credit bet. That beats keeping the lone king, which is worth roughly 0.47.

A low pair of eights is the best hold here. It has a higher expected value than any inside-straight or 3-card draw from 2s 7s Td 8c 8h.

Holding the pair of kings is the highest-EV play here; it beats the unsuited T-Q-K high-card draws and the other partial holds.

Holding the pair of sevens is the best play here, since a low pair has higher expected value than a lone queen or a 4-card or 3-card draw from this hand.

With no made hand or draw to a flush, straight or royal, I hold the suited King-Queen. I'm recalling the strategy ranking from memory rather than calculating exact EVs, and I'm not fully sure it beats holding Q-K-A offsuit.

No pair, no four-card draw and no high-card combinations, so I keep the lone king, which has the best expected value among the weak options here (above 6h9h suited or the 3-4-6 straight draw).

Holding the suited K-J-T of diamonds keeps the royal flush draw plus flush, straight and high-card outs. That beats the K-J-T-9 inside straight draw, which has only 4 outs.

The 7-8-T-J draw is inside, needing only a 9, so it is worth about 0.40 per credit. Holding the unsuited Jd and Ad is worth about 0.47, so I kept the two high cards.

Four to a flush (Th, Ah, 5h, 6h) has 9 outs at 6 credits each, plus a small chance of pairing the ace, for about 1.2 credits per credit bet. That beats holding the low pair of sixes at about 0.82, so I discard the 6c.