Video Poker table

Keep the Jc and Kd for a pair of jacks (pays 5 credits); discarding the other three gives the best chance to improve to two pair, three of a kind, or a higher paying hand.

Keeping the pair of threes gives the highest expected value; discarding the 6d and 4s maximizes the chance of improving to three of a kind or better.

Keeping Qd and As gives a high pair of queens with a chance at two pair, three of a kind, or a straight draw; discarding the rest maximizes expected value over the 47-card draw.

Keeping the Ace and Queen gives the best chance to draw a Jack, King, or Ten for a straight, flush, or royal flush, with a high expected value compared to discarding all cards.

Keep the Jack and King for a guaranteed jacks-or-better payout; the 4-7-8 draw offers only a low-probability straight with no flush or high-pair potential.

Keep the Jd and Td for a two-card inside straight draw (J-T) which has the highest expected value among the options; the pair of 8s is too weak to hold over the straight draw.

Keeping Qh, Ks, Ac gives a high-card draw with strong potential for a straight or two-pair+ hand; discarding the low spades 3s and 9s maximizes expected value over the 47-card draw.

Keeping the Jd and Kd gives a pair of jacks, which pays 5 credits. Discarding the three low spades yields the highest expected value among all legal hold patterns for this hand.

Keep the pair of sixes for a guaranteed three of a kind if one of the two remaining sixes appears, and discard the other three cards to chase a full house, four of a kind, or a straight.

Holding the pair of 3s is the optimal play; it maximizes expected value by drawing three cards to improve to three of a kind, full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the Ace and Jack of diamonds to preserve a potential flush draw and a high pair; discarding the other three cards maximizes expected value by keeping open the flush, straight, and pair possibilities.

Holding Kh, Qs, and Jh keeps a suited King-high three-card royal flush draw plus a guaranteed Jacks-or-better payout, which is the optimal play for this hand.

Keep the Ace and Queen high cards for a Jacks-or-better draw; discard the 9d, 6d, and 5s to chase a straight or high pair. Holding all three low suited cards would only chase a flush with lower expected value.

Keep the King-high suited hearts (Th, 7h, 9h, Kd) to chase a flush or straight flush; the 6s is a dead card that breaks the suited run and adds nothing. This is the standard draw for a 4-card flush with no pair.

Holding both Kings and both Queens gives a guaranteed two-pair payout and maximizes expected value by keeping the best draw to a full house or four of a kind.

Holding the pair of Aces gives the highest expected value by maximizing the chance of drawing four of a kind, full house, or another pair of Aces.

Keeping the Jack and Ten gives a high-card hand with a strong draw to a straight (open-ended via 8-Q and gutshot via Q) and to jacks-or-better, which has higher expected value than keeping the lone 7 or 9 or discarding everything.

Keep the Ace and Jack for a high-card draw with two suited connectors; this maximizes expected value by preserving multiple straight and high-pair possibilities.

Keep Ace-high and the Jack for a potential Jacks-or-better pair; discard the rest to chase a straight or higher pair. Holding only the Jack would also be playable, but keeping the Ace preserves a high kicker and a possible A-2-3-4-5 straight draw.

Keep the pair of tens and the queen. This is a standard hold for a low pair with an overcard: it maximizes expected value by drawing three cards to improve to two pair, three of a kind, full house, or four of a kind, while the queen adds a small chance of a high pair or better.

Keeping the pair of 3s is the optimal hold; it maximizes expected value over the draw compared to discarding all or chasing the unrelated high cards.

Holding Qd and Kd keeps a high pair (Jacks or Better) with the highest expected value among all 32 hold patterns for this hand.

Keep the pair of 4s and discard the other three cards; drawing three to a pair of 4s has the highest expected value among all 32 hold patterns, beating keeping the high cards alone.

Keep the Jack and Queen of spades for a high pair (Jacks or Better) and a potential flush draw; discarding the 4d, 3s, and 5d maximizes expected value by chasing the flush and higher-ranking pairs.

Holding Js-Ts-Td keeps a suited three-card royal draw (J-T) with a straight draw, offering high expected value. Discarding 7h and 2c maximizes the chance of a royal flush, straight flush, or straight.

Keeping the pair of nines plus the king and ace gives the highest expected value by drawing to a possible full house, four of a kind, or two pair, and preserves a high-card jacks-or-better fallback.

Keep the three high cards Ad-Kd-Ah to chase a royal flush (800 per credit) or a high pair; discarding 5s and 6c maximizes expected value.

Keep the high cards Kh, Ah, Qd for a guaranteed pair of jacks or better and a chance at a straight (7-J) or flush; discard the low 4c and 6d which contribute nothing to any paying hand.

The hand is 3s 7c 4c Ah 8c, which is a low unsuited garbage hand with no pair, no draw to a straight or flush, and no high cards. The optimal play is to discard all five cards and draw fresh, as keeping any subset has negligible expected value.

Keeping the K-J high pair is the only winning hold; discarding the 4-7-8 gives the best chance to improve to two pair, three of a kind, or a higher-paying hand.

Keep the pair of queens for a guaranteed jacks-or-better payout; discarding the 4d, 9c, and 8c gives the best odds to improve to two pair, three of a kind, or a higher hand.

Keep the Q-Q pair as the base for a high expected value draw; discarding the off-suit 8, 5, and 2 maximizes chances for two pair, three of a kind, full house, or four of a kind.

Keeping Jh, 8h, 7h preserves a 3-card heart flush draw with a straight possibility (9-8-7), which has higher expected value than discarding the Kc and 3s to chase a pair of jacks.

The dealt hand (8c 5h As 4s 2h) has no pair, no draw to a straight or flush, and no high cards worth keeping. Holding all five is the only way to keep the As, but discarding all five maximizes expected value by drawing a fresh five-card hand with the best chance of hitting a paying combination.

Keep the Qc and Qs for a pair of queens (guaranteed jacks or better) and the Td for an outside straight draw (Td-9s-8c), which yields the highest expected value among the 32 hold patterns for this hand.

The hand is 8s 5c 3c 9s 2d, which is a low, disconnected garbage hand with no pair, no draw to a straight or flush, and no high cards. Drawing all five is the correct play since keeping any subset yields lower expected value.

Keeping the pair of jacks is the optimal play, as it guarantees a minimum payout and maximizes expected value by drawing three cards to improve to higher hands.

Holding the four cards 6c, 7c, 7d, 6d gives a two-pair draw with a high expected value, far better than discarding any of them.

Keeping only the Ace is the optimal play for a single Ace with no pair or draw; it maximizes expected value by preserving the chance to draw a Jacks-or-better hand or a straight/flush.

Only the Jd is a paying card (jacks or better); discarding the rest maximizes expected value by chasing higher hands.