Video Poker table

Hold the pair of threes to draw three cards; this has better expected value than pursuing the scattered straight possibilities.

Hold the jack as the only high card; the other cards do not form a valuable draw, and the scattered straight possibilities are weaker.

Hold the king as the only paying high-card pair prospect; the three spades are a weak flush draw with low cards.

Hold the pair of fives to pursue three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind; the unrelated cards offer no stronger draw.

Keep the four-card open-ended straight draw (10-J-Q-K); the 6 has no useful connection to the draw.

Keep the pair of fours; drawing three cards has better expected value than keeping only the queen, which is not a paying pair.

Hold the pair of tens; drawing three cards to the paying pair has higher expected value than pursuing the incomplete straight.

Keep the two high cards, ten and jack, to preserve chances of a paying jack pair and possible straights; the other cards offer no stronger draw.

Hold the pair of queens, which guarantees a paying high pair and gives the best draw toward three or four of a kind.

Keep the pair of aces; discard the unrelated cards to draw three and pursue three of a kind or better.

Hold the pair of sixes; a low pair has better expected value than retaining the three-spade suit cards.

Keep the four clubs for the strong one-card flush draw; discarding the ten of spades gives the best expected return.

Keep the pair of aces, the strongest made hand and best draw; discard the unrelated low cards and king.

These cards have no paying pair or strong draw. Discard all five to maximize the chance of making a paying hand.

Keep the two high cards, ace and queen, for the best chance to make a paying high pair or better.

Keep the pair of eights; drawing three cards gives the strongest expected return.

Keep the three diamonds: they give a strong flush draw and retain some straight-draw potential. The queen alone is not worth holding over this draw.

Hold the pair of nines; keeping the pair has higher expected value than drawing to the king and ace.

Hold the pair of sixes to draw toward three of a kind, two pair, or a full house; the other cards do not form a stronger draw.

Keep the two unsuited high cards, giving two chances to draw a paying pair; the low cards offer no stronger draw.

Hold the pair of jacks; it gives the strongest draw, with chances to improve to three or four of a kind or a full house.

Hold the pair of tens; drawing three cards to a made pair has better expected value than any alternative hold.

Hold the pair of queens; it has stronger expected value than keeping the three-card club draw.

Keep the pair of kings for the strongest immediate winning hand and chances to improve to three or four of a kind or a full house.

Hold the pair of eights; drawing three cards gives the best expected value by pursuing trips, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the three clubs: this preserves a flush draw while retaining the king for a possible high pair.

Hold the pair of fives; keeping a low pair has greater expected value than drawing to the three-card club flush.

Hold the pair of kings, a paying high pair with strong potential to improve to three or four of a kind.

Keep the ace as the lone high card; the other cards do not make a sufficiently strong pair, flush draw, or straight draw to retain.

Hold the pair of twos and draw three cards; keeping the low pair offers the best expected value.

Keep the four spades for the strong flush draw; its expected value exceeds holding the low pair of eights.

Keep the ace as the only paying high card and draw four; the low club cards do not make a sufficiently strong draw worth keeping.

Keep both pairs and draw one card; this preserves the two-pair payout while giving a chance to make a full house.

Keep the pair of eights; drawing three cards to improve it has higher expected value than pursuing the unconnected low cards.

Keep the pair of fives; drawing three cards gives a strong chance to improve to trips or better, which outweighs the limited straight potential of the unpaired cards.

Keep the three clubs toward a royal flush: drawing both 10c and Qc completes the 800-per-credit royal payout. Discard the off-suit queen and 7.

Keep the suited 2-3-4: it gives draws to a flush, straight, and straight flush, with more upside than keeping the lone queen.

Keep the pair of kings; drawing three cards gives the best expected return.

Hold the pair of jacks; discarding the unpaired cards gives the best expected payout.

Keep the pair of fours; drawing three cards offers the best expected value compared with pursuing a high-card or straight draw.