Video Poker table

Hold the ace as the highest-value lone high card, maximizing chances to draw a paying pair or stronger hand.

Hold the pair of fives; drawing three cards offers chances at trips, two pair, a full house, or quads.

Hold the pair of sevens; it has the best expected value among the available draws, with chances to improve to three of a kind, two pair, full house, or quads.

Hold the suited king and queen: they retain high-pair outs, strong flush potential, and a possible royal draw.

Hold the pair of fives; a made pair provides the best draw value here, with chances to improve to trips, two pair, full house, or quads.

Hold the pair of eights; a made low pair has stronger expected value than the weak three-card spade draw.

Hold the three 2s; drawing two cards maximizes value through four of a kind, full houses, and potential improvement.

Hold the four spades for a strong one-card flush draw, including a straight-flush out with the 5 of spades.

Hold the pair of eights; drawing three cards maximizes chances to improve to trips, two pair, a full house, or quads.

Hold the pair of aces, a made high pair with strong improvement chances to three/four aces, two pair, or a full house.

Hold the two high cards (ace and queen), maximizing chances to pair a paying rank and to improve to two pair, trips, or better.

Hold the three high cards (A-K-Q); they provide strong pair and straight possibilities compared with the low kickers.

Hold the 7-8-9 three-card straight, which has multiple two-card straight completions and better value than the scattered alternatives.

Hold the pair of twos; a made pair offers the best draw value here, with chances to improve to two pair, trips, full house, or quads.

Hold the three-card royal flush draw (T♣ J♣ Q♣), which has the strongest expected value.

Hold 4-6-7: the three-card inside straight draw has strong straight potential while retaining chances to pair or improve the held ranks.

Hold the two high cards (ace and jack) for strong chances at a paying pair, two pair, trips, or better.

Hold the lone queen as the paying high card; the scattered straight and flush fragments are too weak to retain.

Hold the three-card straight-flush draw in hearts (2h, 4h, 5h), retaining strong flush and straight-flush potential.

No paying pair, four-card draw, or strong straight/flush draw is present. Redrawing all five cards has the best expected value.

Hold the suited ten and king of hearts: the two-card royal-flush draw has the best expected value here.

Hold the two high cards, Ace and King, for the strongest expected return through high pairs, two pair, trips, and occasional broadway straights.

Hold the ace and jack: two high cards give the best draw value here, with chances to make a paying pair, two pair, trips, or better.

Hold the three diamonds to a royal flush (A-Q-T), which has stronger draw value than retaining the low pair of tens.

Hold the three aces and draw two cards, maximizing value through trips, full houses, and four aces.

Hold the two high cards, ace and king. Drawing three cards offers solid chances to make a paying high pair, two pair, trips, or better.

Hold the pair of aces for the made high-pair payout and strong improvement chances to trips, two pair, full house, or quads.

Hold the two high cards, king and queen, for the strongest draw toward paying high pairs, two pair, trips, and occasional straights.

Hold the three spades for the strong three-card flush draw; the low pair of sixes is less valuable.

Hold the three diamonds, including the king, for the strongest draw: a three-card flush draw with additional chances to improve through pairs, trips, and two pair.

Hold the two high cards, J and Q, for the strongest paying-pair and high-card draw potential.

Hold the pair of fours; drawing three cards offers strong two-pair, trips, full-house, and quads potential.

Hold both pairs and draw one card, preserving the made two-pair payout while retaining full-house and four-of-a-kind upgrades.

Hold the pair of sevens; a made low pair has stronger expected value than the three-card flush draw.

Hold the three spades to draw for a flush, with some additional straight and straight-flush potential from the ten-nine.

Hold both pairs and draw one card for strong full-house or four-of-a-kind improvement chances.

Hold the three hearts 9♥, J♥, K♥ for the three-card royal-flush draw; the large royal payout makes this stronger than the mixed four-card straight draw.

Hold both pairs and draw one card, preserving made two pair while drawing to full houses or four of a kind.

Hold the four hearts for the strong four-card flush draw.

Hold both pairs (jacks and queens) and discard the kicker. This guarantees two pair while drawing to a full house.