Video Poker table

The jack and king are two unpaired high cards. Keeping both offers better expected value than drawing to the three-card club flush.

Holding the pair of threes gives a higher expected payout than drawing to the three-card flush.

Keep the two high cards, ace and queen, for chances to make a paying pair or better.

Keep the suited ace and queen for a chance at a royal flush while retaining two high cards that can form paying pairs.

Hold the unsuited jack and king. Two high cards offer a better expected return than drawing to the weak suited combinations.

Keeping the pair of eights has higher expected value than drawing to the suited jack-ten.

Keep the three high cards, Q, K, and A, for multiple chances to make a paying pair or a straight.

J♦ and K♦ are two cards toward a royal flush and offer better expected value than keeping the three low spades.

Keep the pair of sixes and draw three cards for a chance to improve to three of a kind, two pair, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the pair of threes and draw three cards. It has better expected value than drawing one card to the inside straight.

Keep the two unsuited high cards, ace and jack. Their pair and other winning-hand possibilities are worth more than drawing to the three-card diamond flush.

Keep the suited king and jack. They offer a royal-flush draw and more expected value than the unsuited K-Q-J combination.

Holding the unsuited queen and ace gives two chances to make a paying high pair, with additional ways to improve. The three-card diamond flush draw is less valuable here.

Keeping the king offers a better expected return than drawing two cards to the three-heart straight-flush draw.

Keep both high pairs and discard the 9. The draw can improve the hand to a full house while otherwise preserving two pair.

Keep the pair of aces and draw three cards for chances at three or four of a kind, a full house, or two pair.

The jack is the strongest card to keep. The three diamonds and the straight draws are too weak to justify giving up four replacement cards.

Keeping the pair of sevens offers a better expected return than drawing to the unpaired high cards.

Keep the suited ace and jack for royal-flush and flush potential, while retaining two high cards that can form paying pairs.

Keep the pair of tens and draw three cards to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the pair of threes and draw three cards for a chance to improve to a paying hand.

Keep the suited king and queen. Their royal-flush potential and high-card pair opportunities are worth more than keeping the four for a three-card flush draw.

Keeping the pair of fours gives a better expected payout than drawing to the unsuited king and queen.

Keep the suited jack and queen for a royal-flush draw and other strong outcomes; the remaining cards offer less value.

Keeping the pair of tens has higher expected value than drawing to the two-card royal flush.

Keep the pair of nines and draw three cards. It has higher expected value than keeping the unsuited ace and king.

Keep the pair of aces and draw three cards. The king of diamonds offers no draw strong enough to justify breaking or weakening the high pair.

Keep the suited ace and king. Their flush and royal-flush possibilities make this stronger than keeping the unsuited queen.

The three clubs offer flush and straight-flush possibilities, making them stronger to hold than the lone ace.

Keep the suited king and jack. They offer chances at a royal flush, other flushes and straights, as well as paying high pairs.

Keep the pair of fours and draw three cards for a chance to improve to three of a kind, two pair, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the pair of queens and draw three cards for a chance to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keeping the three hearts preserves flush and straight-flush draws while retaining a jack that can form a paying pair.

The ace is the strongest hold here. The four-card inside straight draw is worth less than drawing four cards while keeping the ace.

Keep the pair of queens. Its expected payout is higher than drawing to the four-card inside straight.

Keep the suited, consecutive 8 and 9 for straight-flush, flush, and straight possibilities. The other cards do not form a paying hand or a stronger draw.

Holding the pair of jacks preserves a paying hand and offers chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the two pair and discard the 3d. The draw can improve the hand to a full house; otherwise, two pair still pays.

Keeping the pair of sevens gives the best expected return, with chances to improve to three of a kind, two pair, a full house, or four of a kind.

The jack is the only high card. Keeping it and drawing four offers better expected value than chasing the weak, unsuited straight possibilities.