Video Poker table

There is no paying hand or strong draw to build on. Drawing five new cards offers the best expected return.

Keep the king for a chance to make a paying high pair. The other cards offer no strong draw.

Keeping the three diamonds gives this hand its best expected payout, with a flush draw and chances to pair the ace or queen.

Keep both pairs and discard the 9. The draw guarantees two pair, with four cards available to make a full house.

Hold the two high cards, ace and jack. The other cards do not form a strong draw.

Hold the queen and draw four cards. The three diamonds are too far apart to make a straight flush, and the queen offers the stronger chance of a paying hand.

Keep the three spades for a flush draw, with the ace also offering a chance at a paying pair. The jack and three do not improve this draw.

Keep the suited ace and king: they offer high-pair potential along with flush and royal-flush possibilities.

The queen is the only high card. Holding it offers better expected value than drawing to either weak two-card suited combination.

Keep the ace as the only high card. The three hearts are too far apart to offer a strong straight draw, and chasing their flush is less valuable than drawing four cards around the ace.

Keep the king as a high-card draw. The other cards do not make a strong enough straight or flush draw to justify holding them.

Keep the pair of fives and draw three cards for a chance to improve to two pair, three of a kind, or better.

Keep the pair of threes and draw three cards. It offers better expected value than holding the lone jack.

Keep the pair of twos and draw three cards for a chance at two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the pair of tens and draw three cards to improve to a paying hand.

Keeping the suited ace and king gives the best expected payout here, with chances to make a royal flush, other flushes, straights, and high pairs.

Keep the pair of fours and draw three cards for a chance at three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the two high cards, J and Q, and draw three cards for a chance to make a paying pair or better.

Keep the paying pair of queens. Drawing three cards gives it better expected value than chasing the three-card royal-flush draw.

Keeping the ten, jack, king, and ace gives four chances to draw a queen for a straight, while a jack, king, or ace can make a paying pair.

Keeping the pair of eights and drawing three cards offers better expected value than chasing a straight or holding the lone jack.

Keep the pair of jacks and draw three cards for chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the suited jack and ten for a royal-flush draw. Their flush and straight-flush possibilities make them stronger than keeping the unsuited king.

Keep the pair of sevens and draw three cards for a chance to improve to two pair, three of a kind, or better.

Keep the pair of nines and draw three cards. Its chances of improving to a paying hand are better than those of the suited ace-king.

Keep the open-ended 6–7–8–9 straight draw. A 5 or 10 completes the straight, giving eight winning cards.

Keep the pair of nines and draw three cards; it offers better expected value than the three-card flush draw.

Keeping 3-4-5-6 gives an open-ended straight draw; drawing a 2 or 7 completes it. This is stronger than keeping the lone king.

The lone jack offers better expected value than keeping the three clubs, which have no straight-flush draw.

Keep the paying pair of jacks and draw three cards for a chance to improve to two pair, trips, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the pair of sixes and draw three cards. The low pair offers better expected value than drawing toward a straight with the unsuited 4, 5, and 6.

Keep the four diamonds for a one-card flush draw. Drawing one card also leaves a chance to pair the king or jack.

Hold the ace as the only high card; the other cards offer no stronger draw.

Hold the suited ace and queen for royal-flush and flush potential, along with chances to make a paying high pair.

Keep the pair of kings and draw three cards for a chance to improve to three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the pair of tens. Drawing three cards gives it a better expected return than chasing a straight with the unpaired cards.

The queen is the only high card. Keeping it offers better expected value than chasing a draw with the 7–8 of hearts.

The cards offer no paying hand or strong draw. Drawing five new cards has higher expected value than keeping the unsuited 6-7-8 run.

Keep the paying pair of queens and draw three cards for a chance to improve.

Keeping the pair of fives offers a better expected return than drawing to the two-card royal flush.