Video Poker table

Hold both pairs and discard the nine, guaranteeing at least 10 credits with four outs to a 45-credit full house. This maximizes expected payout.

Hold the pair of nines and draw three. The low pair has higher expected value than keeping the unpaired high cards, with chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the jack and king, the two high cards, and draw three. This offers the best expected payout through high pairs and stronger hands.

Hold the pair of tens and draw three cards. This maximizes expected payout through chances of two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the pair of eights and draw three cards. This maximizes expected payout through chances to make two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the ace and draw four cards. Keeping the lone high card has higher expected value than pursuing the three-card unsuited straight or discarding all five.

Discard all five cards. There is no paying pair or worthwhile straight or flush draw, so a fresh five-card draw has the highest expected payout.

Hold the pair of fours and draw three cards. This has the highest expected payout, with opportunities to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the ace as the only high card and draw four. With no pair or strong straight or flush draw, this gives the highest expected payout.

Hold the queen as the only high card and draw four. With no pair or strong straight or flush draw, this has the highest expected payout.

Hold 7-8-9-T for an open-ended straight draw. Any six or jack completes the straight, giving eight winning draws out of 47 and the highest expected payout.

Hold the ace and draw four cards for the best expected payout. The three spades lack straight-flush potential and are not worth keeping over the lone high card.

Hold the pair of tens and draw three cards. Its chances of improving to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind give it higher expected value than the suited ten-jack draw.

Hold the pair of twos and draw three cards. The low pair has the highest expected payout, with chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the jack and draw four cards. A lone high card has higher expected value than the four-card inside straight with no high cards.

Hold the pair of threes and draw three cards. This has higher expected value than keeping the lone ace, with chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the pair of jacks for a guaranteed paying hand and draw three cards to seek two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind. This maximizes expected payout.

Hold the three fives and draw two cards. This guarantees three of a kind while maximizing the chances of improving to a full house or four of a kind.

Hold the ace for the best expected return. Drawing four cards offers better value than keeping the three spades.

Hold the pair of sevens and draw three cards. Its expected payout exceeds that of keeping the three consecutive hearts, with chances to improve to two pair, trips, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the four diamonds and discard the king. Drawing one card gives nine flush outs plus three outs for a paying pair of jacks, maximizing expected payout.

Hold the jack alone for the highest expected payout. The discarded club and straight-blocking cards reduce the value of keeping the suited ten-jack combination.

Hold the pair of sixes and draw three cards. This maximizes expected payout through chances to make two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the king for the best expected return. The three spades form a two-gap straight-flush draw, but its expected value is lower than keeping the single high card.

Hold the suited king and jack for the highest expected payout, preserving royal-flush potential and chances to make a paying pair or stronger hand.

Hold the pair of sixes and draw three cards. This has the highest expected payout, with chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the king and draw four cards. A single high card has better expected value than keeping the three hearts or any disconnected low cards.

Hold the suited king and jack for the highest expected payout. This preserves royal-flush potential and chances for a paying high pair while drawing three new cards.

Hold the pair of threes and draw three cards. Its chances of improving to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind give the highest expected payout.

Hold the pair of aces for a guaranteed paying hand and draw three cards to maximize chances of improving to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold 9♣, J♣, and Q♣ for a three-card straight-flush draw with two high cards. This offers higher expected value than keeping only J♣ and Q♣.

Hold the king and ace, the two unsuited high cards. Drawing three cards gives the best expected payout, primarily through high pairs and improvements to stronger hands.

Hold the jack and queen, the two lowest unsuited high cards. Drawing three cards offers better expected value than keeping the ace as well, with chances for high pairs and stronger hands.

Hold the suited king and queen for the highest expected payout, retaining royal-flush potential and two high cards that can form paying pairs. Discard the other three cards.

Hold the pair of eights and draw three cards. This maximizes expected payout by pursuing two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the pair of eights and draw three cards. This has the highest expected payout, with chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the queen and jack: two unsuited high cards offer the best expected payout here, ahead of the suited ten–queen royal-flush draw.

Hold the pair of fours and draw three. Its chances of improving to two pair, three of a kind, or better give it higher expected value than keeping the suited king and jack.

Hold the four hearts: nine remaining hearts complete a flush, giving an expected payout of 270/47 ≈ 5.74 credits. This is better than keeping the low pair or the three-card straight-flush draw.

Hold the pair of sixes and draw three cards. This maximizes expected payout through chances of two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.