Video Poker table

Holding both pair of 2s and 4s gives two pair. Drawing one card to a two-pair hand has a high probability of improving to a full house or better, which is the optimal play here.

Keep the pair of 9s; drawing three cards gives the highest expected value over discarding everything, with a chance at three of a kind, full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the Jack of Spades and King of Clubs to preserve a high pair (Jacks or Better) and a potential straight draw; discarding the rest maximizes expected value over the remaining cards.

Holding the two tens gives a pair of jacks-or-better and the highest expected value among the 32 hold patterns for this hand.

The hand contains no pair, no draw to a straight or flush, and no high cards worth keeping; holding nothing maximizes expected value by allowing a fresh draw from the full remaining deck.

Keeping the Ace of Spades is the optimal play, as it maximizes the expected value by drawing four cards to an Ace-high straight or flush draw.

This hand contains no pair, no high cards, and no straight or flush draw, so the optimal play is to discard all five cards and draw a fresh hand.

Holding the pair of 4s is the optimal play; it has the highest expected value among all 32 hold patterns for this hand, beating any draw to a straight or flush.

Holding all five cards is a fallback, but discarding all five maximizes EV by drawing a fresh 5-card hand from the deck, since the current hand has no pair, no draw to a straight or flush, and no high cards worth keeping.

Keep the queen high for a jacks-or-better payout; discarding the rest maximizes the chance of pairing the Q or improving to two pair/full house/three of a kind.

Holding the Tc keeps an open-ended straight draw (7-8-9-T) with 16 outs to a straight, yielding the highest expected value among all 32 hold patterns for this hand.

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

Holding Ts, Js, Th keeps an open-ended straight draw (9-T) with a pair of tens, maximizing expected value over all 47-card draws.

Keep the pair of twos and discard the rest. A pair of twos has a higher expected value than keeping only the Ace, and chasing a single Ace is not worth the EV loss.

Keep the Jack of spades as a high pair (jacks or better) and discard the rest to draw three cards for a higher-ranking hand.

Holding the pair of 3s gives the highest expected value. Drawing three cards to the pair maximizes chances of improving to three of a kind, full house, or four of a kind.

Keeping the two Jacks maximizes expected value by preserving a pair of jacks or better while drawing three cards to improve to higher-paying hands.

Holding the three 5s and the Ace gives a guaranteed three of a kind with a chance to improve to a full house or four of a kind; discarding the King is optimal.

The hand is 8s As 5c 3d 6s — no pair, no flush draw, no straight draw. Discarding all five cards is the correct play since keeping any subset yields lower expected value than starting fresh.

Keeping the pair of 7s gives the highest expected value among the 32 hold patterns, as chasing a straight or flush with 6-7-8 suited is lower EV.

Keeping the Jack and King gives a pair of jacks, which is an immediate paying hand, and discards the three low diamonds to maximize the chance of improving to two pair, three of a kind, or a higher hand.

Keep the Jack of clubs for a guaranteed jacks-or-better payout; discarding the other four cards maximizes expected value by chasing straights, flushes, and higher pairs.

Keep the pair of sixes for a guaranteed three of a kind if one six appears, and hold the ace to chase a straight (A-2-3-4-5) or a pair of jacks or better; this is the standard optimal play for a low pair with an ace kicker.

This hand has no pair, no high cards, and no straight or flush draw, so the optimal play is to discard all five cards and draw a fresh hand.

Keep the Kd and Jd for a high pair of jacks, which guarantees a minimum payout; discarding the rest maximizes the chance to improve to two pair, three of a kind, or a flush draw.

Holding the two 6s keeps a pair and gives 16,215 ways to draw a winning hand (~0.53 credits EV). The 4h-6c-7h-6s-7h draw offers only a flush draw with lower EV, so the pair is the optimal hold.

The hand is 5h 3h 6d Kh 8d — no pair, no flush draw, no straight draw. Drawing all five gives the highest expected value (~0.37 credits) versus any partial hold, which would lock in a losing hand with lower EV.

Keep the K and J for a high pair (Jacks or Better) which is the correct play over chasing a straight with the 7-9-5 cards.

Keep the pair of 3s for the chance at three of a kind or better; discard the other three cards to maximize expected value.

Keep the pair of Aces for the highest expected value; discarding the other three cards maximizes chances of improving to two pair, three of a kind, full house, or four of a kind.

Keeping Jc, Qc, As gives an open-ended straight draw (8-K) with a guaranteed high-card fallback; discarding the off-suit 7d and 9c maximizes expected value over the 47-card draw.

This hand has no pair, no draw to a straight or flush, and keeping any card would reduce expected value. The optimal play is to discard all five cards and draw a fresh hand.

Keeping the Jack and Queen gives a chance at two pair, three of a kind, full house, or a high pair payout. Discarding the 5c, Ac, and 2s maximizes expected value from this weak starting hand.

Keeping Kd and Qd gives a chance at a high pair (jacks or better) and a possible flush draw, which is the best expected value among the 32 hold patterns for this hand.

Keeping the pair of 8s is the optimal hold; it maximizes expected value over drawing three cards to improve to three of a kind, full house, or four of a kind.

Holding the pair of 8s yields the highest expected value (~0.85 credits per credit bet) compared to discarding all for a 5-card draw (~0.36) or chasing the Ace-high flush draw (~0.44).

Keep the high pair (Qd, Jh) and the Ten for a potential straight or high pair draw; discard the 7s and 3h to maximize expected value.

Keeping the Js and Ks gives a guaranteed jacks-or-better payout of 5 credits. Drawing three cards to chase a straight or two pair has lower expected value than the sure win.

Keep the four hearts to chase a flush (6-for-1) or straight flush (50-for-1); discarding the 8h gives 47 possible draws with a high flush probability, far better than keeping the pair of 3s for a three-of-a-kind draw.

Keeping the pair of sixes gives the highest expected value among all hold patterns, with a chance at three of a kind or better on the draw.