Video Poker table

Keep the two consecutive high cards, Q and K, for chances to pair either and to complete a straight; the other cards offer no useful draw.

Hold the four hearts for a one-card flush draw; its expected payout exceeds keeping the low pair of nines.

Keep the pair of tens; drawing three cards gives the best chance to improve to a paying hand.

Keep the pair of sevens and draw three cards; improving the pair has better expected value than pursuing the three-card diamond flush draw.

Keep the pair of sevens; drawing three cards to the low pair has better expected value than keeping the three hearts as a flush draw.

Hold the pair of twos and draw three cards; keeping the lone jack sacrifices the stronger draw to improve the existing pair.

Hold the three aces and draw two cards. This preserves the strong three-of-a-kind payout while giving a chance to improve to four aces or a full house.

Keep the pair of kings for the strongest paying-hand potential; discard the ace and low cards to draw three.

Keep the pair of fives; drawing three cards to improve it has higher expected value than pursuing the three-diamond flush draw.

Hold both pairs; drawing one card gives a chance to improve to a full house or four of a kind while retaining a guaranteed two-pair payout.

Keep the four-card open-ended straight; drawing a 9 or ace completes a straight, while also retaining some high-pair potential.

Keep the ace as the highest paying-card draw; the remaining cards do not form a strong draw.

Keep the adjacent high cards, king and queen; discard the three low cards to draw three for a high pair or better.

Keep the king as the only high card; the other cards do not form a paying pair or a strong straight/flush draw.

Keep both pairs; drawing one card preserves the two-pair payout and can improve to a full house.

Hold the king as a high card; the 5-6-8-9 draw is only an inside straight draw, needing a single rank.

Keep the low pair for the strongest draw to three of a kind, full house, or four of a kind; discard the unpaired cards.

Keep both pairs; drawing one card gives a strong chance to make a full house or four of a kind while otherwise retaining two pair.

Keep the queen as the lone high card: it can make a paying high pair, while the three hearts are not as valuable as a three-card flush draw here.

Hold the pair of nines; drawing three cards has greater expected value than keeping the jack kicker.

Keep the pair of fives; drawing three cards to a made pair has better expected value than pursuing the three-heart flush draw.

Keep the three hearts: drawing two cards gives a strong flush draw and some straight completions. The unsuited king and ace are less valuable than those combined chances.

Hold the ace and king as two high cards, giving several chances to make a paying high pair; the three spades are not enough to justify pursuing a flush.

There is no paying pair, flush draw, or four-card straight draw, so discarding all five maximizes the draw’s expected return.

Keep the suited king and ten for the royal-flush draw and strong high-pair potential; discard the jack and low cards.

Keep the four spades for a strong flush draw, including a chance to complete a straight flush; discard the off-suit ten.

Keep the lone king for a chance to make jacks or better; the other cards offer no worthwhile pair, flush draw, or straight draw.

Keep the three high cards K, Q, and T: this gives multiple chances to make a paying high pair and a draw to a straight. The two suited clubs are not enough to justify keeping the low 7 instead of Q.

Hold the pair of twos; keeping only three suited cards or unpaired high cards has lower expected value than drawing three cards with a pair.

Keep the pair of queens for a paying jacks-or-better hand and a strong chance to improve.

Keep the pair of tens; drawing three cards gives the best expected return compared with breaking the pair.

The five cards already form a straight, guaranteeing a payout; drawing to improve it has lower expected value.

Keep the two paying high cards, queen and king, and draw three; the ten does not qualify as a high card and keeping it reduces chances to pair the queen or king.

Keep the two unsuited high cards, ace and king, to maximize chances of making a paying high pair or better.

Keep the pair of threes for the strongest draw; discard the unpaired cards.

Hold the three high cards, J, Q, and K, for multiple chances to make a paying high pair or better.

Keep the low pair and draw three; the remaining cards do not form a strong enough draw to justify breaking it.

Keep the king as the strongest high card; discard the unsuited low cards and draw four.

Keep 5, 6, 8, and 9 for the four-out inside straight draw; its expected payout exceeds holding the lone jack.

Keep the suited J-T: it gives chances at a high pair, straights, and a flush, while the low cards add little and are better replaced.