Video Poker table

Keep the Ace of clubs as a high kicker; the hand has no pair, no draw to a straight or flush, and discarding all but the Ace maximizes expected value by chasing a high pair or better.

Only the Ace is high enough to qualify for a paying pair; discarding all low cards maximizes the chance of drawing a Jack or higher to make Jacks or Better.

Keeping Ts, Ah, Jh gives a 3-card royal flush draw with high expected value; discarding 4c and 9s is optimal.

Only the queen is high enough to qualify for a payout; discarding the rest maximizes the chance of drawing a second high card or improving to a paying hand.

Keeping the Ace of spades is the only play with positive expected value; it draws to high pairs (Jacks or better) and various straights, while discarding everything else yields no immediate payout.

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

Keep the pair of 3s for a guaranteed three of a kind if a third 3 appears, and keep the J for a chance at jacks or better; discarding the Q, T, and 3h maximizes expected value over the draw.

Keep the two 3s for three-of-a-kind potential; discarding the 9, A, and Q gives the best expected value for this low pair.

Keep the pair of 5s and discard the rest. A pair of 5s is a standard draw to three of a kind or better; keeping the J would only draw to jacks or better, which has lower expected value.

Keeping the Ace of spades is the optimal play; it preserves the highest potential for a straight, flush, or high pair, while discarding the low off-suit cards maximizes expected value.

Keeping Jc, Qs, Tc gives an open-ended straight draw (any 9 or K completes a straight) plus a chance at a high pair, which is the highest EV play for this hand.

Keeping Q♠, T♦, K♦, Q♣ gives a pair of queens with a draw of three cards, which is the optimal hold for this hand.

Keeping the Jack of Spades gives a guaranteed 1-credit payout (Jacks or Better) and preserves the best draw potential for two pair or three of a kind; discarding the rest is the standard play for a lone high card.

Holding the pair of 8s gives the best expected value; drawing three cards to chase a full house or four of a kind is the standard play.

Keep the Jack for a pair of jacks or better and the three spades for a flush draw; this is the highest-EV hold among the 32 patterns given the current draw.

Holding the Ace is the optimal play; the other four cards form no paying combination and discarding all four gives the highest expected value.

Keeping the pair of Kings and the Jack gives the highest expected value by drawing three cards to improve to two pair, three of a kind, full house, or four of a kind, while the off-suit 6 and 8 contribute nothing.

Only the Jc is kept because it's the sole high card; drawing four cards maximizes the chance of pairing it or hitting a straight/flush draw, which has higher EV than discarding everything.

Holding the pair of Aces and the Ten gives the highest expected value: it keeps a guaranteed pair of jacks-or-better and preserves multiple straight and high-card draw possibilities.

Keeping the King of spades is the only play with any pair potential; discarding the rest gives the best chance to draw a second high card for Jacks or Better, as no other made hand or draw is viable.

Keep the high cards Ks, Jd, Ad to chase a straight or high pair; discard 6d and 4s as they don't improve the draw.

No pair, no draw to a straight or flush, and no high cards to keep. Discarding all five is the optimal play for a garbage hand.

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

Keep the Jack and Queen for a guaranteed pair of jacks; discarding the other three cards maximizes expected value by chasing straights, flushes, and higher pairs rather than settling for a low pair.

Keeping Qd and Ad gives a high-card hand with a chance to draw a suited connector or pair; discarding the rest maximizes EV compared to keeping only one card or all five.

Keep the Ace high for maximum flexibility to draw a straight, flush, or high pair; discarding all other cards gives the best expected value for this weak starting hand.

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

Holding Jd and Td keeps an open-ended straight draw (9 or Q completes a straight) with the highest expected value among the 32 hold patterns for this hand.

The hand is 7s 4h 5c Jh 9h, which is essentially garbage with no pair, no flush draw, and no straight draw. Holding nothing gives the highest expected value because drawing five new cards maximizes the chance of hitting a paying hand like a pair of jacks or better.

Keeping Qd, 8s, Tc gives an open-ended straight draw (7-8-9-T-J) with a flush possibility on the Qd, which has higher expected value than keeping only the Qd for a single pair of queens.

Holding 3d, Td, 7c, 8h keeps a suited 3-7-8-T straight draw plus a pair of diamonds, which has higher expected value than discarding the 9s to chase the straight alone.

Holding the two Jacks with a Ten kicker keeps a pair of jacks and preserves a draw to two pair, three of a kind, full house, and four of a kind, which has higher expected value than discarding the pair for a five-card draw.

Keeping Qs, Ks, Kh gives a guaranteed full house (9/6 pays 9 per credit = 45 credits). Drawing two cards cannot improve beyond full house, so this is the optimal hold.

Keeping the four clubs (4c, 3c, 5c, As) gives a flush draw with 9 outs and an expected value of about 0.51 credits per credit bet, which is higher than any other hold pattern.

Holding the pair of 9s gives the highest expected value among legal holds, as it maximizes chances for three of a kind, full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the Jack of spades for a guaranteed jacks-or-better payout and the 8-9-5-4 for a potential straight draw; discarding the 8h, 5h, and 4d maximizes expected value over the 47-card draw.

Keep the pair of 4s; drawing three cards to a pair of 4s has higher expected value than discarding all five for a completely new hand.

Holding all five cards is the optimal fallback when no draw improves expected value; this hand has no pair, no draw to a straight or flush, and discarding all five maximizes the chance of hitting jacks or better.

Keep the J and K for a pair of jacks or better; discard the 3s, 7, and 3c to chase a higher payout.

The hand contains no pair, no high card worth keeping (only a King), and no draw to a straight or flush. The optimal play is to discard all five cards and draw a fresh hand.