Video Poker table

Hold the low pair of 6s, which has higher expected value than the three-card flush or straight draws.

No pair, flush or straight draw; holding the two unsuited high cards Q and A gives the best chance for a paying high pair or Broadway straight.

Hold the low pair of 5s only; a pair has far higher expected value than a four-card inside straight draw needing a 4.

Hold the unsuited K-Q as the highest-EV draw, giving chances at high pairs, two pair, trips and Broadway straights; the ace is a penalty card that reduces those outs if kept.

Hold the three 5s for a guaranteed three of a kind with draws to four of a kind or a full house. Discarding the 9 and 3 maximizes expected payout.

Holding the low pair of tens offers the best expected value, with chances to improve to two pair, trips, a full house, or quads, beating the weak three-card flush draw.

Hold the low pair of 2s, which has higher expected value than holding the lone King, and draw three cards for trips or better.

Hold the suited A-K for two cards to the royal flush, with high-pair, straight and flush potential; adding the 6d would block royal and straight draws.

Hold the high pair of Kings, which has higher expected value than the two-card royal/flush draw.

Hold the low pair of 2s, which outranks holding a single high card or three to a flush in 9/6 Jacks or Better.

Hold the pair of queens, a paying jacks-or-better pair with chances to improve to two pair, trips, full house, or quads. Discard the unrelated 9, 2, and 7.

Hold the low pair of 9s, which has higher expected value than the three-card flush draw.

Holding the three suited clubs 7-6-4 gives draws to a straight flush, flush, straight, trips and two pair, which has higher expected value than holding the lone Ace or the four-card inside straight.

Hold the two unsuited high cards J and Q, which gives the best chance for a paying high pair, two pair, trips or straight and has higher exact EV than suited Q-T or holding T-J-Q.

Four spades including the queen gives a strong flush draw with a high-card pair out, which has higher expected value than holding the ace-queen or the three-card straight-flush draw.

Hold both pairs, Jacks and 7s, and discard the 5 to draw for a full house while guaranteeing the two-pair payout.

Hold the pair of tens, the strongest draw here, giving chances at two pair, trips, full house and quads while discarding the unrelated ace, five and six.

No pair or draw; holding the two unsuited high cards Ace and King gives the best chance at Jacks-or-Better and high straights.

Only the Jack is a paying high card; holding Ten-Jack unsuited reduces pair and improvement chances despite straight potential. Holding the Jack alone has the highest expected payout.

Holding the two unsuited high cards Q and A has higher expected value than the four-card inside wheel straight draw A-2-3-5, which has only one high card.

Holding the lone Ace has higher expected value than the four-card inside straight draw needing only a 6, and three to a flush is never correct in 9/6 Jacks or Better.

Hold the low pair of 2s; in 9/6 Jacks or Better a low pair has higher expected value than holding two unsuited high cards Q-A.

Hold the three kings for a guaranteed three of a kind with draws to four of a kind or a full house, which outweighs the three-card flush draw.

No pair, flush or straight draw beats holding the two unsuited high cards Q and A, which gives the best chance at Jacks-or-Better plus broadway straight draws.

Hold the open-ended four-card straight 4-5-6-7, discarding the Ten; a 3 or 8 completes the straight and this draw beats holding a lone low Ten.

Holding 8-9-T-J gives a four-card open-ended straight draw with eight straight outs plus a possible pair of jacks, which has higher expected value than a lone jack or the three-card straight-flush draw.

Hold the two unsuited high cards K and Q for the best chance at a paying pair, straight, or better; there is no pair, flush draw, or straight draw worth keeping.

Only the king is a high card; holding it alone gives better chances for a paying pair, two pair, trips and straights than holding the weak three-card straight or flush draws.

Hold the three aces for a guaranteed three of a kind with draws to four of a kind or a full house. Discarding the 9 and 8 maximizes expected payout.

Holding 8c-9c-Tc is a three-card straight-flush draw with flush and straight outs, giving higher expected value than holding the lone king.

Holding the lone Ace has higher expected value than the four-card inside straight draw 4-6-7-8, which has no high cards and only four outs to a straight.

Hold the two unsuited high cards Ace and King for jacks-or-better and straight potential. This outranks holding three low spades to a flush.

Hold the high pair of Queens, which has far higher expected value than the two-card royal draw J-Q suited. Discarding the Jack and low cards gives three draws to improve to trips, two pair, full house, or quads.

High pair of Jacks has higher expected value (~1.54) than the four-card diamond flush draw (~1.19), so hold only the Jacks.

Hold the low pair of 2s and draw three; a low pair has higher expected value than holding the unsuited K-Q high cards in 9/6 Jacks or Better.

Holding 7-8-9-T gives a four-card open-ended straight draw with 8 outs to a straight, which has higher expected value than holding the lone King.

Holding only the king gives the best expected value: the ten is not a paying pair rank and holding the suited K-T reduces the chance to make a high pair, two pair, or trips, outweighing its flush and straight potential.

Only a lone Jack is worth keeping; there is no pair, four-flush, or four-straight draw, and holding suited or straight filler cards would lower the expected payout.

Hold the pair of kings, a paying high pair, and discard the queen and low cards to draw for trips, two pair, or better.

Hold the four clubs for a flush draw, which pays 6 per credit and has 9 outs, far exceeding any straight or high-card draw from this hand.