Video Poker table

There is no pair, four-card draw, or three-card straight-flush draw here. Standard 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy ranks two unsuited high cards (K and Q) above a three-card flush draw with one high card, so I hold the KQ.

A low pair (6-6) has a higher expected value than the three-card straight flush draw 4-5-6 of diamonds under 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy, so I keep the two sixes.

A low pair (the 4s) beats any other draw here: there is no four-card straight or flush, and 2-3-4 is only a three-card inside draw. Hold the 4s and draw three.

Three of a kind (nines) is the optimal hold, keeping the trips and drawing two for a full house or quads.

Correction: the hold array should keep Kc and Qh (positions 3 and 5) and discard the rest. Unsuited KQ is the best play with no pair, flush draw or straight draw.

A low pair (6-6) beats the 4-card inside straight draw (6-8-9 needs a 7), so the strategy is to hold the pair and draw three cards.

There is no four-card straight or flush draw here, so the pair of fives is the strongest hold. A low pair beats keeping the 4-5-6 three-card straight cards.

There is no pair, no draw with three or four cards to a flush or straight, and no suited high cards. Under standard 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy, keeping the unsuited A-J beats holding a single high card or drawing five new cards.

A low pair (the two 8s) has a higher expected value than the inside straight draw 4-6-7-8 or the three-card straight flush draw. So I hold the 8s and draw three.

A low pair (6-6) is the strongest holding here, beating holding the lone queen or any partial straight. Keeping the pair gives chances at trips, two pair, a full house or quads.

There is no pair, draw, or suited high-card combination here, so the best play is to keep the two unsuited high cards, A and J. The discarded low cards don't create meaningful penalties for this hold.

Three to a straight flush (6d 7d 9d) has a higher expected value than holding the lone ace or drawing five new cards. It keeps live chances at a straight flush, flush and straight.

A pair of jacks (about 1.54 per credit) beats every alternative here. Keeping KsJs is only two to a royal, so I hold the pair and draw three.

Holding the open three-card straight flush 5h-6h-7h gives a higher expected value than either four-card inside straight, since neither of those has any high cards.

A low pair (77) has a higher expected value than holding the ace alone or drawing to the 7-9-T gutshot, so I keep the pair and draw three cards.

A low pair (EV about 0.82) beats holding a lone jack (about 0.47) or the pair plus the jack (about 0.75), so I hold the two nines and draw three.

There is no pair or 3-card draw, and unsuited QJ is the highest-ranked hold in standard 9/6 strategy for this hand. The other cards (8d, 2h) offer no penalty-relevant suited combination that changes this.

There are no high cards, pairs, four-card straight or flush draws, or usable straight-flush draws. Standard 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy says to discard all five cards.

A low pair of nines (EV ~0.82) beats holding the lone queen or any straight draw, so hold the 9s and draw three.

There is no pair, flush draw or useful straight draw, so the best play is to keep the two high cards. Standard 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy holds an unsuited ace-queen.

A lone jack (about 0.47 per credit) beats the no-high-card inside straight 4-5-7-8 (about 0.34) and the three-card flush with only one high card. So I hold the Jc only.

In 9/6 Jacks or Better, a low pair (about 0.82 EV) beats a 4-card open-ended straight (about 0.68 EV). So I keep the pair of 4s and draw three cards.

A low pair (7s) is worth more than a single high card or the weak straight and flush draws, so hold the pair of sevens and draw three.

There is no pair, no four-card draw and no straight-flush draw. Holding the unsuited king and queen should beat keeping the three hearts with one high card or the queen alone under 9/6 strategy.

A low pair (9-9) beats holding two unsuited high cards like A-J under optimal 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy. So I hold the nines and draw three.

A high pair of kings (about 1.54 expected credits per credit bet) beats every drawing alternative here, including the suited K-J. Holding both kings and drawing three is optimal.

A low pair (eights) is worth more than holding the unsuited KQ high cards in 9/6 Jacks or Better, so I keep the 8s and draw three.

With no pair or strong draw, optimal 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy ranks unsuited KJ above suited KT. So I keep the jack and king and draw three.

There is no pair, no flush draw and no useful straight draw here. Keeping the lone king beats drawing five new cards under standard 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy.

8-9-T-J is an open-ended straight draw: a 7 or Q completes it, and drawing a jack still pays. Its expected value (about 0.74 per credit) is higher than holding the lone jack.

Holding a 3-card royal (Kh Ah Th) is optimal in 9/6 Jacks or Better. It beats keeping only the high cards because of the royal and flush draws.

Two pair (queens and tens) is already a paying hand. Holding both pairs and drawing one card has a higher expected value than any other hold.

With no pair or strong draw, holding the lone king is the best play. Its expected value (about 0.47 per credit) beats a three-card flush draw with one high card (Kh 2h 4h, about 0.38).

Four to a flush (EV about 1.21 per credit) beats a low pair of eights (about 0.82), so I keep the four spades and discard the 8h.

In 9/6 Jacks or Better, a low pair (EV about 0.82) beats two unsuited high cards like QJ (about 0.49). So I hold the pair of sevens.

There is no pair, flush draw or usable straight draw, so the standard optimal play is to hold the lone high card, the jack, and draw four.

A low pair (EV about 0.82) beats holding the unsuited jack and queen (about 0.48 to 0.50) under the standard 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy. So I keep the pair of 4s.

Three queens: hold them and draw two (EV about 4.30 per credit), which beats any other hold.

The lone queen is worth about 0.46 per credit. That beats the inside straight draw 8-9-T-Q, which is worth about 0.40 since only a jack completes it, so I hold just the Qh.

There is no made hand or strong draw here. Standard 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy ranks two unsuited high cards (AK) above a three-card flush draw with one high card, and above a lone ace.