Video Poker table

Holding the two 6s gives a low expected value; discarding all five cards maximizes draw potential for straights, flushes, and high pairs.

Keep the Ace and Ten for a high-card draw; the Ace is the strongest single card and the Ten improves straight potential, while discarding the rest maximizes expected value over the remaining deck.

Keeping the pair of 5s is the optimal hold; discarding the 6, 2, 3, and 5 gives the highest expected value by drawing three cards to improve to two pair, three of a kind, or four of a kind.

Keep the high pair of Aces and discard the three low cards to draw to a better hand; this is the standard optimal play for a high pair in Jacks or Better.

Holding the three 5s gives a guaranteed three of a kind (15 credits) and the best chance to improve to a full house or four of a kind.

Holding both Tens gives a pair of jacks-or-better, which pays 1 credit per credit bet. Discarding the other three cards yields the highest expected value among all 32 hold patterns for this hand.

Keep the pair of 2s to draw three cards for three-of-a-kind or better; discarding the King would be a mistake since a single high card alone pays nothing.

Keep Kd, Th, Ad to chase the inside straight (6-7-T-A) with two draws, which has higher expected value than keeping only the Ace or breaking the hand up.

Keep the pair of Kings to maximize expected value; discarding the 5s, Ts, and 8h gives the best chance to improve to three of a kind or better.

Keeping the queen high discards the low pair to chase a higher-paying hand; the expected value of holding a single queen is higher than holding the pair of twos.

Keep the pair of Queens for a guaranteed jacks-or-better payout; discarding the rest gives the best chance to improve to two pair, three of a kind, or better.

Keep the 9d-6c-2d for a suited 9-6-2 draw, which has the highest expected value among the 32 hold patterns for this hand.

The hand is a 4-card inside straight flush draw (3-4-6-7 clubs, needing the 5 of clubs). This is a strong draw with high expected value, so discarding all five cards to chase the straight flush is the optimal play.

Keep the Jack and Queen for a guaranteed pair of jacks, and the Ten for a straight draw (J-T with an 8 and 2 gives multiple straight outs). This is the highest-EV hold among the 32 patterns.

Keeping Ad, Qs, and 5s preserves a four-card flush draw (Ad, 6s, Qs, 4s, 5s are all spades) with a straight possibility, which has high expected value; discarding the 6s and 4s maximizes the chance of completing a flush or straight.

Keep the two Jacks and the 7 for two pair; discarding the 5d and 7d gives the best chance to improve to a full house or better.

Holding the four-card straight Th-As-5h-Td-6c (5-6-A-10-T) with an Ace high and low straight possibility yields the highest expected value among the 32 hold patterns for this hand.

Keeping the King and Ace gives a high-card draw with potential for a straight or a pair of Jacks or better. Discarding the other three cards maximizes the expected value compared to keeping any single card or no cards.

Keep the Jack and Ten for a two-card straight draw (J-10) which has higher expected value than keeping the Jack alone or discarding everything.

Keeping the Ace is the optimal play for this hand; it gives the best chance to draw a pair of jacks or better, a straight, or a flush, while discarding the low unconnected cards maximizes expected value.

Holding only the Ace gives the highest expected value by drawing four cards to an Ace-high draw, maximizing chances for a straight, flush, or high pair.

Keeping the Queen and Ace gives the highest expected value by drawing three cards to an Ace-high draw, chasing straights, flushes, and high pairs.

Holding the three kings (Kc, Kh, Ks) keeps a three of a kind, which has a high expected value and a strong chance to improve to a full house or four of a kind. The two clubs are discarded to chase better outcomes.

Keep the Ace high; discarding the rest gives the best chance to draw a high pair (Jacks or better) or improve to a straight/flush, which has higher expected value than keeping any low cards.

This is an open-ended straight draw (4-5-6-7) with a ten, giving 8 outs to complete a straight. Holding the four-card straight draw maximizes expected value compared to keeping any other combination.

Keeping the Jack and Ten gives a chance at a straight (9-T-J-Q-K) and preserves a high pair for a jacks-or-better payout; discarding the three hearts avoids chasing a low-probability flush.

Keeping the K and Q gives a pair of high cards, which is the best draw here. Discarding the three low unsuited cards maximizes the chance of improving to a paying hand.

The dealt hand is 9c 3s Td 8s Ks with no pair, no draw to a straight or flush, and no high cards worth keeping. Holding nothing maximizes EV by giving the best chance to draw a paying hand from the remaining 47 cards.

Holding the three aces gives a guaranteed three of a kind and the best chance to draw to four of a kind or a full house; discarding the 9d and 8c is optimal.

Holding 9c-8c-Tc keeps an open-ended straight draw (7-J) plus a flush draw, which has the highest expected value among the 32 hold patterns for this hand.

Holding 4s-6h-7s-8h keeps an open-ended straight draw (needs a 5 or 9) with 16 outs, yielding higher expected value than keeping the Ace high card alone.

Keep the Ace of spades as a high kicker; the remaining cards form no pair, draw, or flush draw, so holding only the Ace maximizes expected value over discarding all four low cards.

Keep the two Queens and the suited 6c-7c for a flush draw; discarding the 7c would break the flush possibility, and keeping all four gives a higher EV than keeping only the pair of Queens.

Keep the two Jacks for a guaranteed pair of jacks or better; discard the three diamonds to chase a royal flush draw, since the current flush and straight draws are lower EV than the pair.

Keep the Kc and Qs for a high pair (Jacks or Better) and the two diamonds for a flush draw; the 2d and 2c are discarded to chase the flush while retaining a pair fallback.

This is an open-ended straight draw (T-K-9-8-7) with four cards to a straight. Keeping the four straight cards and discarding the off-suit 9h maximizes expected value by giving eight outs to complete a straight, which is the optimal play for this hand.

Keep the pair of tens for a guaranteed 5-credit return; discarding the other three cards offers a small chance at two pair, three of a kind, or a straight, which has higher expected value than keeping only the high card or discarding everything.

Only the Jack of spades is a high card (Jacks or Better). Keeping it and drawing four new cards maximizes expected value compared to discarding all five.

Keeping the pair of Kings gives the highest expected value. Drawing three cards to the pair maximizes the chance of improving to two pair, three of a kind, full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the lone high card (Tc) and discard the four low cards; this maximizes expected value by drawing four cards to chase a Jacks-or-better or better hand.