Video Poker table

Hold both pairs (2s and 4s) and discard the kicker to draw for a full house, which is the optimal play for two pair.

Hold the low pair of 9s only; drawing three gives the best chance to improve to trips, two pair, or better, and holding the high kickers reduces that expected value.

Hold the pair of tens to draw for three of a kind, two pair, or better; the other cards offer no stronger draw.

Hold the pair of 8s, which has higher expected value than holding the lone king or any straight/flush draw.

With no pair, flush draw, or four-card straight draw, holding the lone Ace gives the best chance to make a paying pair of Jacks or better or better while drawing four cards.

No pair, high card, four-card flush or straight, or three-card straight-flush draw is present; the three low hearts are worth less than a complete redraw from a deck still containing all high cards.

Hold the low pair of 4s, which has higher expected value than the lone Jack or the three-card straight draw. Discarding the kicker maximizes chances for three of a kind, two pair, and better.

No pair, flush draw, or strong straight draw; holding the lone Ace gives the best chance to make Jacks-or-Better or better while drawing four cards.

Holding only the queen gives the best expected value: it preserves chances for a paying high pair and higher hands, while unsuited Q-T or low straight draws reduce high-pair chances more than they add straight value.

Hold the open-ended four-card straight 7-8-9-T, which can complete with a 6 or Jack, discarding the unrelated 2.

No pair, flush or straight draw is worthwhile; holding the lone Ace gives the best chance at a paying high pair while discarding the three-card flush.

Hold the low pair of tens, which has higher expected value than the two-card suited T-J royal draw or a lone jack.

Hold the low pair of 2s and draw three; it outranks holding the lone ace or any straight draw here.

Holding the lone Jack has higher expected value than the four-card inside straight draw needing only a 6, which pays only on 4 of 47 cards with no paying pair outs.

Hold the low pair of 3s only; drawing three gives the best chance to improve to trips, two pair, or better, and holding the ace would reduce that EV.

Hold the pair of jacks for a guaranteed Jacks or Better payout with chances to improve to two pair, trips, full house, or quads; no four-card straight or flush draw is present.

Hold the three 5s and draw two cards for a chance at four of a kind or a full house, which beats keeping the unrelated ace and king.

Hold the three spades including the ace for a flush draw, with straight and ace-pair outs giving higher expected value than holding the ace alone.

Holding the low pair of 7s has higher expected value (~0.82) than the 3-card straight-flush draw 6h-7h-8h (~0.58), with chances to improve to trips, two pair, full house, or quads.

Hold the four diamonds for a flush draw, discarding the off-suit king. The 9 diamond outs to a 6-credit flush plus jack-pair outs give higher expected value than holding just the high cards.

Holding the suited T-J gives two cards to a royal flush plus straight, flush and high-pair draws, which has higher expected value than three to a flush or three to a straight.

Hold the low pair of sixes, the strongest draw; no four-card straight or flush draw is present to outrank it.

No pair or four-card draw is present; the three spades are a weak two-gap draw. Holding the lone king gives the highest expected value with chances at jacks-or-better, straights, and other paying hands.

Hold the two suited high cards Kd and Jd, giving draws to jacks-or-better pairs, straights, flushes and a royal, which outranks a bare three-card flush draw.

Hold the low pair of sixes, which has higher expected value than the three-card flush or any high-card draw.

Only one high card and no pair, four-flush, or four-straight draw; holding the lone King has higher expected value than a three-flush or gapped straight draw.

Holding the suited K-J gives two to a royal flush with high-pair, straight and flush potential. Its exact draw EV exceeds holding the 7h for three to a flush, which blocks straights and draws only two cards.

Hold the low pair of 3s only; in 9/6 Jacks or Better a low pair outranks holding unpaired high cards Ad and Jc with it.

Hold the pair of aces, the highest-paying pair, and draw three cards to improve to two pair, trips, or better. No flush or straight draw competes with it.

Holding the three suited clubs 9-J-Q gives draws to a flush, straight flush, straight, and high pairs, which has higher exact expected value than holding only Q-J suited or the unsuited high cards.

Hold the unsuited Ace and King as two high cards, giving the best chance to make a paying pair, two pair, trips, or Broadway straight. The Ten and low cards add no flush or viable straight-flush value and reduce those draws.

Hold the two lowest unsuited high cards Q-J and discard the ace, which maximizes expected value by preserving three-card draw potential for high pairs, two pair, and straights.

Hold the two suited high cards K-Q of diamonds for the royal, flush, straight and high-pair draws; the 3-card flush including the 7 sacrifices royal potential and has lower expected value.

Hold the low pair of 8s, which has higher expected value than holding the lone king or any other draw.

Hold the low pair of 8s, which has higher expected value than holding the lone Ace or any other draw.

Hold the unsuited Q-J as two high cards. This outranks the suited T-Q two-card royal draw and any three-card straight draw in 9/6 Jacks or Better expected value.

Hold the low pair of 4s, which has higher exact EV than the K-J suited royal draw or three-card flush draw in 9/6 Jacks or Better.

Four hearts to a flush has higher expected value than holding the low pair of 3s, so discard the 3c and draw one card to the flush.

Hold the low pair of sixes, which has higher expected value than holding the single Jack alone. Discard the 5, Jack, and 2 to draw three cards for trips or better.