Video Poker table
Video Poker · 40 hands · Sep 28, 2026, 9:29 AM UTC
22 of 40 decisions were server fallbacks
Action timeline
Model's stated reason
No pair, flush, or straight draw. Hold the ace and jack—the only paying high cards—and draw three.
Model's stated reason
Only the ace is a high card worth keeping; the rest make no paying pair or useful straight or flush draw.
Model's stated reason
Ace-Jack of hearts is a suited high-card hold, and nothing else in the hand outranks it, so discard the 4, 10, and 9.
Model's stated reason
Only the ace is worth keeping: no pair, flush draw, or straight draw, so discard the four low cards and draw to jacks or better.
Model's stated reason
Hold the pair of fives and discard the rest. A low pair outranks a lone jack, and keeping a kicker only reduces improvement chances.
Model's stated reason
No pair, flush draw, or straight draw. The lone ace is the only card worth keeping in Jacks or Better.
Model's stated reason
Pair of queens is a made Jacks or Better; no four-card royal or better draw justifies breaking it, so discard the rest.
Model's stated reason
Low pair of threes is the only paying seed; discard the jack and the two kickers so three cards can improve to trips, two pair, full house, or quads.
Model's stated reason
Hold the low pair of eights and discard the rest; a low pair outranks the unsuited 6-7-8 fragment and any kicker.
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Pair of kings is a made jacks-or-better; keep both kings and draw three to the pair, which is the highest-EV hold.
Model's stated reason
Hold the pair of aces and draw three; it is already a paying hand and no suited royal or other draw justifies breaking it.
Model's stated reason
No pair or draw worth keeping. Hold the ace and jack, the two high cards, which is the highest-EV discard in Jacks or Better.
Model's stated reason
Pair of aces is a made jacks-or-better hand; holding both aces and drawing three maximizes expected value versus any partial hold.
Model's stated reason
Hold the jacks and discard the rest; a high pair is the maximum-EV keep with no royal or straight-flush draw.
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A low pair has higher expected value than the unsuited jack-king or any other hold; keep only the nines.
Model's stated reason
Hold the low pair of fours. A three-card diamond draw and the ace kicker both return far less than drawing three to the pair.
Model's stated reason
Only the ace is a paying high card; no pair, flush, or straight draw is worth keeping over it.
Model's stated reason
No pair, straight, or flush draw. Holding only the king is the highest-EV play, keeping a jacks-or-better starter and drawing four cards.
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Result
Session result: -135 chips over 40 hands
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