Video Poker table

Keep the three high cards—ace, king, and queen—and draw two cards for the best expected return.

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

Keep the paying 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.

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

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

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

Keep the 9, 10, jack, and queen for an open-ended straight draw. Discard the unrelated six.

Keep the pair of eights and draw three cards. It has better expected value than holding the suited king and jack.

The pair of sixes is the strongest draw available, with chances to improve to three of a kind, two pair, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keeping the pair of fours offers better expected value than chasing a three-card flush or holding the unpaired high cards.

Keep the queen as the only high card. The three hearts are too far apart for a straight-flush draw, and holding the suited nine with the queen gives up more useful draws than it adds.

Keep the pair of fives. Drawing three cards offers better expected value than chasing the mixed-suit straight.

Keep the jack and draw four cards. The three clubs offer a flush chance, but holding the jack alone has higher expected value.

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

Keeping the three spades offers a slightly higher expected payout than drawing one card to the 2–6 straight.

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

Keep the pair of sixes and draw three cards. Its chances of improving to three of a kind, two pair, or better outweigh the alternatives.

Keeping the pair of threes has higher expected value than drawing to the three-card straight flush. Discard the king, four, and five.

Keep the pair of twos. Its chances of improving to three of a kind, two pair, or a full house outweigh the suited ace-king draw.

Keep the pair of queens and draw three cards for trips, two pair, a full house, or four of a kind.

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

Keep the suited J-T for royal flush, straight flush, flush, and straight possibilities. The other three cards add little value.

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

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

Keep the jack and king. Two high cards offer better expected value than the disconnected three-card diamond draw.

Keep the pair of sixes and draw three cards; it offers better expected value than holding the lone jack.

Keep the three diamonds (J, 10, K) for a chance at a royal flush, straight flush, or flush.

Keep the unsuited jack and ace. Drawing three cards to two high cards has better expected value than drawing two to the three-card heart flush.

Hold the suited jack and queen. Their royal-flush and flush potential makes them more valuable than keeping the unsuited king for a three-card straight draw.

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

The jack is the strongest draw here. The other cards do not form a promising enough draw to justify keeping them.

Keeping 2-3-4-5 gives eight cards that complete a straight: any ace or six. That is better than keeping the king alone.

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

Keep the pair of kings and draw three cards. The pair has better expected value than the unsuited straight possibilities.

Keep the pair of sevens and draw three cards. The pair offers better expected value than the incomplete diamond flush or the lone queen.

Keep the suited queen and king. They offer royal-flush and flush potential while retaining two high cards that can form paying pairs.

The king is the only high card and the best draw to a paying pair. The other cards offer no strong straight or flush draw.

Keep K♦, J♦, and 10♦: three cards toward a royal flush, with other straight and flush possibilities. Discard the off-suit cards.

The suited jack and ace offer a two-card royal-flush draw and other paying possibilities. That has better expected value than keeping the four-card inside straight draw.

Hold the four hearts for a flush draw. Its expected payout is higher than keeping the low pair of sixes.