Video Poker table

Keep the queen and king: two high cards offer better drawing value than the other available holds.

Keeping four hearts gives a strong flush draw, with a chance to make a paying high pair. This is worth more than holding the pair of nines.

Keep the pair of tens 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 sevens and draw three cards. It offers better expected value than pursuing the three-card diamond flush.

Keep the pair of sevens. Drawing three cards gives it better expected value than holding the three hearts or the lone king.

Keep the pair of twos. Drawing three cards gives it better expected value than keeping the lone jack.

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

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

Holding the pair of fives gives the best chance to improve to a paying hand; the other cards offer weaker draws.

Keep both pairs and draw one card. Any remaining king or five makes a full house; otherwise the two pair still pays.

Keep the four-card open-ended straight. A 9 or ace completes it, and a jack, queen, or king can make a paying pair.

Keep the ace as the lone high card; the other cards offer no draw strong enough to justify holding them.

Keep the king and queen as two high cards. The other cards offer no flush draw or strong straight draw worth pursuing instead.

The king is the only high card. None of the other cards form a strong enough draw to justify keeping them.

Keep both pairs and draw one card. An ace or a four completes a full house; any other card leaves two pair.

The lone king offers a better expected return than drawing to the inside straight, so I’m keeping the king and replacing the other four cards.

Keep the pair of twos and draw three cards. Its expected payout is higher than drawing to the lone jack.

Keep both pairs and discard the king. Four of the 47 possible draws make a full house; the rest leave a paying two-pair hand.

The queen is the only high card. Holding it offers a better expected return than drawing two cards to the three-card heart flush.

Keep the pair of nines. Drawing three cards gives it more value than holding the lone jack.

Keep the pair of fives and draw three cards. Its expected return is higher than chasing the suited queen and ten.

Keeping the suited ace and king offers the better expected return, with a royal-flush draw and several other paying outcomes.

Keep the ace and king. Drawing three cards to two high cards offers better expected value than chasing the weak three-card flush or low straight possibilities.

There is no paying pair, high card, or strong straight or flush draw. Drawing five new cards has the best expected value.

Keep the suited king and ten for a chance at a royal flush, with other flush and straight possibilities. The unsuited jack and low cards are less valuable to hold.

Keeping the four spades gives the strongest draw: any remaining spade completes a flush, and a jack or king can make a paying pair.

Keep the king for a chance at a paying high pair. The other cards offer no strong draw worth holding.

Keep the king and queen as two high cards. The three clubs offer a flush draw, but holding the two high cards has better expected value.

Keep the pair of twos and draw three cards. Its expected payout is higher than chasing a royal flush with the suited ten and jack.

Keeping the pair of queens preserves a paying hand and offers chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keeping the pair of tens offers the best chance to improve to a paying hand. The other three cards add no stronger draw.

The dealt cards already form a straight, which pays 20 credits. Keeping all five preserves that payout.

Keep the queen and king as two high cards. The ten adds only a weak straight possibility and is better discarded.

Keeping the three hearts gives the best chance to improve, particularly to a flush, compared with holding an unpaired high card.

Keeping the pair of threes gives the best chance to improve to three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the three hearts (9h, Qh, Kh). They offer draws to a flush or straight flush while retaining two high cards that can form a paying pair.

Keep the pair of fives and draw three cards. Its chances of improving outweigh the straight draw.

Keep the two unsuited high cards, J and K, for chances at a paying pair, two pair, or better.

The jack is the only paying pair starter. The scattered diamonds and gapped straight draws are weaker than drawing four cards to the jack.

Keep the suited jack and ten for royal-flush, straight-flush, flush, and straight possibilities. The other three cards add less draw value.