Video Poker table

Keep the three clubs for a strong flush draw, while retaining the queen also preserves a chance to win with jacks or better.

Keep the jack as the only high card; the other cards do not form a valuable pair or straight/flush draw.

Keep the pair of nines; drawing three cards to improve it has better expected value than keeping the ace-high or suited cards.

Keep the three hearts for a flush draw; the other cards do not form a stronger draw or paying pair.

Hold the low pair; drawing three cards has higher expected value than breaking it for the jack-ten combination.

Keep the pair of nines; drawing three cards has better expected value than holding the unconnected side cards.

Keep the three of a kind; drawing two cards offers the best expected value, including a chance to improve to a full house or four of a kind.

Hold the pair of aces; drawing three cards gives the strongest expected return compared with breaking the pair.

Keep the two jacks-or-better cards to maximize the chance of a paying pair or better over three draws.

Hold the pair of threes; drawing three cards to improve it has higher expected value than drawing to the jack alone.

Hold the ace as the only high card; the other cards offer no pair or strong draw, and the ace can make a paying pair or improve to a premium hand.

Keep the four spades toward a royal flush; discard the off-suit 2.

Hold both pairs; drawing one card gives a chance to improve to a full house or four of a kind, while keeping the jack offers less value.

Keep the two high cards, Q and K, for chances to make a paying high pair or improve to a straight.

Keep the pair of sevens and draw three; this has higher expected value than pursuing the weaker straight possibility with the 7-8-9.

Hold the low pair; drawing three cards to improve it has higher expected value than keeping the three-card flush draw.

Hold both unsuited high cards, giving two chances to make a paying high pair while retaining a chance at stronger hands.

Hold the pair of aces for the strongest made hand and best draw potential; discard the three unrelated cards.

Keep the pair of jacks; drawing three cards to a high pair has higher expected value than keeping the unmatched ace.

Hold A-2-4-5 for the four-outer wheel draw; drawing an ace also makes a paying high pair.

Hold the four-card 2–5 straight draw; drawing a 1/A or 6 completes a straight, while the 8 contributes little.

Hold the pair of twos; drawing three cards gives the best expected value compared with discarding the pair.

Hold the pair of nines for the best expected value; discard the other three cards.

Hold the ace and queen as two unsuited high cards; discard the other cards to draw three toward a paying high pair.

Keep 8, 10, J, and Q for a four-card inside straight draw; a 9 completes the straight, and matching J or Q can also pay a high pair.

Keep the two suited high cards: this preserves chances to make a paying high pair, a flush, or a royal flush.

Hold the pair of kings; discarding the unrelated cards maximizes the expected payout.

Keep the ace and draw four cards; this gives the best chance to make a paying high pair, with more draw opportunities than keeping the ace and jack.

Keep the three diamonds for a flush draw; this has better expected value than the four-card inside straight draw.

Hold the queen as a high card: drawing four cards gives a strong chance to make a paying pair of queens or better. The 4-5-6 straight draw is less valuable.

Hold the pair of sixes; drawing three cards gives the pair a better expected return than keeping the queen or the disconnected side cards.

Keep the pair of fours; drawing two cards to a low pair has better expected value than pursuing the incomplete straight or flush draws.

Hold the jack for the chance to make a paying high pair; the other cards offer no valuable made hand or draw.

Keep the queen to pursue a paying high pair; the low-card straight possibilities are too weak to justify holding them.

Keep the jacks-or-better pair; drawing three cards offers the strongest expected payout.

Keep the pair of tens to draw toward two pair, trips, or better; the other cards do not form a stronger draw.

Hold both pairs; drawing one card preserves the two-pair payout and gives chances to improve to a full house or four of a kind.

Keep the four diamonds for the strong four-to-a-flush draw; discard the off-suit 7.

Hold the low pair: it has better expected value than the available three-card straight draw.

Keep the low pair; drawing three cards to a pair has better expected value than pursuing the three-card straight draw.