Video Poker table

Hold the three diamonds, including two high cards, for strong flush potential while retaining opportunities for high pairs and other payouts.

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

Hold the two high cards (J and K) to maximize chances for paying high pairs, two pair, trips, and straight possibilities.

Hold the two high cards; two-card high-card draws have stronger expected value than the weak, unsuited partial straight.

Hold the pair of twos; drawing three cards gives the best expected value through trips, two pair, full houses, and quads.

Hold the two high cards, Jacks and Queens, for the best chance to improve to a paying high pair, two pair, trips, or a straight.

Hold the pair of nines; drawing three gives the best expected value through two pair, trips, full houses, and quads.

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

Hold the three diamonds for the strongest draw, aiming for a flush with additional straight-flush possibilities.

Hold the pair of jacks, a made paying hand with strong improvement chances to trips, two pair, full house, or quads.

Hold the lone high card (jack); it has the best expected return among these weak, non-flush and non-made-straight possibilities.

Hold the two high cards, king and ace, for strong chances at a paying high pair, two pair, trips, full house, or a Broadway straight.

Hold the three clubs for the strongest draw, retaining flush potential along with some straight-flush possibilities.

Hold the pair of tens; it has the strongest expected return, with chances to improve to trips, two pair, full house, or quads.

Hold the four diamonds for the strong one-card flush draw, while retaining chances to pair the jack or queen.

Hold the two high cards, King and Queen, for the strongest available chances at a paying pair, two pair, trips, or better.

Hold the suited J-T, a two-card royal-flush draw with straight, flush, and high-pair potential. Discard the unrelated low cards.

Hold the suited J-K high cards. They retain two paying-pair outs plus flush, straight, and royal-flush potential.

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

Hold the high pair of kings; it already pays and has strong improvement chances to trips, two pair, full house, or quads.

Hold the pair of queens; a made high pair has stronger expected value than drawing to the four-card heart flush.

Hold the pair of 3s; drawing three cards offers the best chances to improve to trips, two pair, full house, or quads.

Hold the pair of sevens; it has the best expected value through trips, two pair, full houses, and quads.

Hold both pairs and draw one card, preserving the made two-pair payout with chances to improve to a full house or four of a kind.

Hold the pair of 2s; drawing three cards offers strong trips, two-pair, full-house, and four-of-a-kind potential.

Hold the pair of fives; a made pair provides the strongest expected return here versus the incomplete heart flush draw.

Hold the queen as the lone high card; the low, unsuited 7-8-9 straight fragment is too weak to justify retaining over draws to a paying pair or better.

Hold both pairs (4s and 8s). Drawing one card preserves a paying two-pair hand while offering full-house and four-of-a-kind improvements.

Hold the three high cards J-Q-K. They provide strong chances to pair a paying rank, with additional straight possibilities from the connected ranks.

Hold the two high cards (ace and king), which gives the best expected value through high-pair, two-pair, trips, straight, and premium-hand possibilities.

Hold the two high cards, Q and J. Drawing three gives the best chances at paying pairs, two pair, trips, and stronger outcomes.

Hold the three clubs (5c, 6c, 8c): they form a strong three-card straight-flush draw with substantial flush and straight-flush value.

Hold the paying pair of jacks; drawing three cards offers strong chances to improve to two pair, trips, full house, or quads.

Hold the pair of nines; a made pair has the strongest expected value here versus chasing a weak two-card heart draw.

Hold the pair of threes; it has the best expected value here through trips, two pair, full house, or quads.

Hold the four-card open straight draw (5-7-8-9); a 6 or 10 completes a straight.

Hold the ace as the strongest paying-pair draw; the four-card gutshot straight has only four completing nines and is less valuable.

Hold the three hearts (A♥, 8♥, 9♥) for the strongest draw, a three-card flush draw with straight-flush possibilities.

Hold the pair of fours; a made pair provides the best expected return versus the weak two-card diamond royal draw.

Hold the three high cards (ace, king, and ten) to maximize chances for paying pairs, two pair, trips, and Broadway straights.