Video Poker table

Keep the Ace high card; it's the best draw for a potential pair of jacks or better, and discarding the low unpaired cards maximizes expected value.

Keeping the Ace-high suited connectors As and Ts gives the best chance at a straight, flush, or royal flush draw, which dominates the low pair of 8s.

Keep the Kc and Jc for a pair of jacks (guaranteed 1-credit payout) and draw three cards to chase a better hand; discarding the 6s, 8h, and 9h gives the highest expected value.

Keep the Kc and Js to preserve a King-high two-card royal draw, and keep the Qc to complete a three-card royal draw (K-Q-J) for maximum expected value. Discard the 9h and 7s.

Holding the two suited high cards (As, Js) gives the best expected value; the 6c, 3h, and Th are discarded to chase a flush, straight, or high pair.

The hand is 10s 3h 8h 5d 7c, which is essentially a random low hand with no pair, no draw to a straight or flush, and no high cards. Holding nothing maximizes expected value by giving the best chance to draw a paying hand from the fresh deck.

Keep the high cards Qs, Kc, Ac to maximize the chance of drawing a high pair (jacks or better) or better, which is the optimal play for this hand.

Keep the pair of Jacks for a guaranteed jacks-or-better payout; discarding the 8h-9h-3c gives many outs to improve to two pair, three of a kind, or better.

The hand is a 4-5-6-8-9 with no pair, no flush draw, and no straight draw. Discarding all five cards maximizes expected value by giving a fresh draw from the remaining deck.

Keeping the Ace and Queen gives a high pair (queens or better) with a guaranteed payout, and the draw offers a chance to improve to two pair, three of a kind, or a straight. Discarding the other three cards maximizes expected value compared to keeping only the Ace or chasing a low straight.

Keep the two Jacks and the King for a guaranteed pair of Jacks (Jacks or Better pays 1 credit per credit bet). Discarding the 6s gives a chance at two pair, three of a kind, full house, or four of a kind, which has higher expected value than keeping the King to chase a straight.

Keep the pair of sixes and discard the other three cards; this is the standard hold for a low pair, which has the highest expected value among the 32 possible holds for this hand.

Keep the pair of 5s for the chance at three of a kind or better; discard the T, A, and K to chase the draw.

Keep the pair of tens for a chance at three of a kind or better; discard the Ace, 2, and 10 to draw three new cards.

Keeping the Ace and Jack gives a pair of jacks (immediate 5-credit payout) plus draw potential for two pair, three of a kind, or a straight. The 7d, 2h, and 5c are disconnected low cards with no draw value.

Keep the pair of 8s; drawing three cards gives the highest expected value among all 32 hold patterns for this hand.

Keep the queen of clubs as a high pair (jacks or better); discarding the rest maximizes expected value by chasing a three of a kind, two pair, or higher.

Keep the Jack of spades for a high pair and the 8 of spades to chase a flush; discarding the other three cards maximizes expected value.

Holding Tc, Ks, Td, Jd keeps a pair of tens and a four-card straight draw (9-T-J-Q-K) with two high cards, which has strong expected value. Discarding 7c maximizes the chance of completing a straight or improving to two pair or better.

The dealt hand is 9c-Th-6d-2s-3h, which is a low, disconnected hand with no pair, no draw to a straight or flush, and no high cards. Holding nothing gives the best expected value by maximizing the chance to draw a winning combination from the remaining deck.

Keep the 8c to draw to a three of a kind (pair of 8s) or two pair; discarding the other four cards maximizes expected value over the remaining 47-card deck.

Keep the pair of 2s to chase three of a kind (3 credits) or better; discarding the King and suited 8 is correct because the King alone has no draw potential and the suited 8 does not form a viable flush or straight draw.

Keeping Js, Ts, and 9c gives an open-ended straight draw (8-T-J) plus a flush draw on the spades, which maximizes expected value over discarding the 8s and 6c.

Holding Ad, Ks, Td keeps an open-ended straight draw (A-K-Q-J-10 or 9-8-7-6-5) with 8 outs to a straight, which has higher expected value than discarding all five for a random draw.

Keeping Jh and Qh gives a chance at a flush (30 credits) or straight (20 credits) with three draws; discarding the off-suit 2d and low hearts maximizes expected value over the 22,100 possible draws.

Keeping the Ace and Jack of clubs preserves a flush draw with two high cards, which has strong expected value and keeps a chance at a royal flush. Discarding the 2, 9, and 4 maximizes draw potential.

Keep the pair of 6s and the 7-8 for an open-ended straight draw (6-7-8), which has higher expected value than keeping just the pair alone.

Keeping the Ace and Jack gives a pair of Jacks (guaranteed 1 credit) plus draws to straights, two pair, three of a kind, and flushes. Discarding the 9-8-6 is the standard play for A-J high.

Holding the three 8s gives a guaranteed three of a kind (15 credits) with a draw to a full house or four of a kind; discarding the Ace and 4 maximizes expected value.

Holding only the Ace gives the highest expected value by drawing four cards to chase straights, flushes, and high pairs. The other cards form no winning combination and keeping them would severely reduce draw potential.

Keep the three 6s and the two Tens for a full house; discarding the 3c keeps the made full house and preserves a chance at four of a kind if a 6 is drawn.

Holding the two Tens and discarding the 3d, 4h, and 7h keeps a pair of jacks-or-better and gives the best expected value among the 32 hold patterns for this hand.

Holding the two Tens gives a pair of jacks or better, which pays even if the draw misses. The other three cards are low and off-suit, so keeping only the pair maximizes expected value.

Keep the pair of 4s and the Ace for a potential straight (A-4-9) or two pair/full house draws; discard the K and 9s. This is the standard optimal hold for a pair plus an Ace and a 9.

Keeping the pair of Queens is the optimal play; discarding the 2c, 4d, and 6c gives the highest expected value by drawing three cards to improve to two pair, three of a kind, or better.

Keep the pair of sixes for a guaranteed three-of-a-kind if one hits, and discard the other three cards to chase a full house, four of a kind, or two pair.

Keep the three Jacks for a guaranteed three of a kind (15 credits) and draw two cards to chase a full house, four of a kind, or straight flush.

Keeping the pair of 5s gives the highest expected value; discarding the 4h and Qc maximizes chances for three of a kind or better.

Keep the pair of 7s for a three-of-a-kind draw; discarding the Q and K is correct since a pair of jacks or better is not present and the pair of 7s offers the best expected value.

The hand is garbage with no pair, no draw to a flush or straight, and no high cards. Holding nothing maximizes the chance of drawing a playable hand from the remaining deck.