Video Poker table

No pair, no made hand, and no four-to-a-flush or four-to-a-straight; best EV is to discard all five cards and draw a fresh hand.

No pair or draw; keep the lone King as the only high-card value and draw four fresh cards.

Ad and Qd are two suited high cards (potential flush/royal backup plus jacks-or-better pair chance), which outranks the weaker 3-card diamond flush draw since 7d adds little value; Jc, 2h, 7d are discarded.

Two pair (2s and 8s) - hold both pairs and discard the 9 kicker for a shot at a full house.

No pair or draw present; holding the lone Ace keeps the best chance at forming a high pair while drawing four fresh cards.

No pair, no four-card flush or straight draw, and only one jack-or-better card (Qh); standard strategy is to hold the single high card and draw four new cards for the best EV.

Keep the two unpaired high cards (J, A) for jacks-or-better pair potential and discard the rest; no flush or straight draw present.

No made hand or draw; keep the two high cards (A,K) for the best shot at a pair of jacks or better.

No pair, flush, or straight draw present; holding the lone high card (Qh) maximizes expected value by keeping a shot at a jacks-or-better pair.

No made hand; holding the lone Ace for high-card/pair potential beats a weak 3-card flush draw.

No pair or made draw; only one high card (King) is worth keeping, so hold just the King and draw four new cards.

Low pair of fives; optimal strategy is to hold only the pair and draw three new cards for best EV.

Pair of 3s is low pair; hold only the pair and draw three new cards for best EV.

Low pair of 2s is the strongest held value; hold the pair and draw three new cards for a chance at trips, full house, or quads.

Pair of tens only; hold the pair and draw three new cards for best EV.

Hold the suited Ace-King for royal/flush/straight potential plus high-card pair value; the unpaired low cards offer no equity.

Pair of 4s is the only made hand; hold the pair and draw three new cards for best EV toward trips/full house/quads.

Hold the unsuited J-Q as a high-card pair draw; discard the three low unsuited cards and draw three new cards.

A pair of queens (jacks-or-better) has higher EV than chasing the 3-card royal flush draw in hearts; keep QQ and draw three new cards.

No flush or straight draw present; holding the three unpaired high cards (J, K, A) maximizes chances of forming a paying pair or better while discarding the low T and 2.

Pair of 8s is the strongest value here; keep both 8s and draw three new cards for a shot at trips, full house, or quads.

Pair of jacks is a guaranteed paying hand; hold them and draw three new cards for a chance to improve to trips or better.

Js-Ts suited gives a two-card royal/straight-flush draw, which outranks a lone king or unsuited high cards in 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy.

Pair of 7s is the only value; hold both and draw three new cards for a shot at trips or better.

Pair of 9s outranks keeping unrelated high cards; discard K, A, 8 and draw three to improve toward trips, full house, or quads.

6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight draw (needs a 5 or 10), which has higher EV than holding the lone queen.

Low pair of 9s; keep the pair and draw three new cards for a chance at trips, full house, or four of a kind.

Four-card open-ended straight draw (3-4-5-6) offers 8 outs to complete, clearly better than keeping the lone king.

The three clubs (6c,4c,Jc) form a 3-card flush draw that includes a jack, which outranks holding the lone jack high card in standard optimal strategy; discard the 9d and 2s.

Pair of jacks is a guaranteed paying hand; hold the pair and draw three new cards for a chance at trips, full house, or quads.

Pair of 6s is the strongest made hand; holding the low pair and drawing three new cards has higher EV than keeping the lone Ace.

Four cards to a flush (Kd,8d,Jd,4d) beats keeping a lone ace; discard the Ah and draw one card for the flush.

No pair, straight, or flush draw; holding the lone Ace gives the best expected value by keeping a high card with a chance at a pair of aces or better.

No made hand or four-card draw; Ac and Qc are suited high cards offering royal/flush/straight backup, better EV than a single high card hold.

Pair of kings is the only made hand; hold both kings and draw three for a chance at improving to three of a kind or better.

Pair of tens is the only made hand; hold both tens and draw three new cards for best EV.

Only one high card (Qc); standard strategy is to hold the single jack-or-better card and draw four new cards for the best chance at a paying hand.

No pair, no made hand, and no four-card straight or flush draw present, so the optimal play is to discard all five cards and draw a fresh hand.

Hold the pair of queens (guaranteed jacks-or-better payout) and draw three new cards for a shot at trips, full house, or quads.

Pair of 5s is the only made hand; hold the pair and draw three new cards to maximize chances at trips, full house, or four of a kind.