Video Poker table

Two pair is already a paying hand; holding both pairs and drawing one card is the highest-EV play, with four outs to a full house.

Low pair of nines does not pay, so keep only the pair and draw three. Kickers reduce trips, full house, and quads more than they help.

Hold the unpaired jack and king; they are the only paying cards and no flush or straight draw is worth keeping.

Pair of tens is the only made value; low pair is held and the three kickers are discarded to chase trips, two pair, full house, or quads.

Low pair of eights is the only paying seed; discard the king and off cards rather than keep a kicker.

Only the ace is a paying high card; the rest form no pair, flush, or worthwhile straight draw, so hold the ace alone.

Low pair of fours is the best hold; drawing three maximizes improvement chances over keeping the jack or any partial straight.

No pair or draw; hold the ace alone so a pair of aces pays, and discard the four low unconnected cards.

Only the queen is a payable high card; there is no pair or worthwhile straight/flush draw, so keep the queen and draw four.

Holding 7-8-9-10 gives an open-ended straight draw (8 outs) worth about 0.681 per credit, which beats every alternative including the three-club flush draw.

Hold the low pair of tens only; its draw EV beats the three-spade flush draw, the TJ suited partial, and any kicker holds.

Low pair of deuces is the only paying seed; hold just the pair and draw three, since no flush or straight draw exists and kickers reduce improvement odds.

No pair, flush, or straight draw worth keeping. Holding only the jack maximizes expected value versus any low-card partial hold.

Hold the pair of threes; a low pair outranks any single high card or disconnected low cards, and drawing three maximizes trips, two pair, full house, and quads.

Hold the pair of jacks and discard the three low offsuit cards; a made jacks-or-better pair is the highest-EV keep.

Holding the three fives pays as three of a kind and draws for a full house or four of a kind; the ace and king add no paying combination.

No pair or four-card draw. Three spades are not three to a royal, so the ace alone is the highest-EV hold.

Four diamonds to a flush returns about 1.21 per credit (9 flush outs plus 3 jack pairs), far above holding the unsuited J-K or any smaller draw.

Low pair of sixes is the only paying seed; hold both sixes and draw three cards to maximize expected return.

King and jack of diamonds are the two suited high cards; in 9/6 Jacks or Better that hold beats keeping the low diamond for a three-card flush.

Hold the pair of sixes and discard the rest. A low pair outranks the queen and the three-heart draw in 9/6 Jacks or Better.

No pair, straight, or four-flush. The three hearts are not a royal or straight-flush draw, so keep only the king and draw four.

Hold the pair of aces and draw three; that is the highest-EV play versus keeping the jack or any low cards.

Hold the unsuited ace and king only; they are the two paying high cards and no straight or flush draw justifies keeping anything else.

Hold the three unsuited high cards (J, A, Q); they give the best draw to jacks-or-better and better hands.

Hold the suited king and queen. A disconnected three-flush is weaker than drawing three cards to KQ suited.

Low pair of eights is the only paying seed; discard the king and low cards to draw three, which maximizes expected value versus keeping any kicker.

Holding the low pair of eights is the highest-EV play; the other cards do not form a paying hand or a better draw.

Four hearts to a flush returns about 1.15 per credit, beating the low pair and the three-card straight-flush draw. Discard the offsuit 3.

Low pair of sixes is the best hold; drawing three cards yields higher EV (~4.12 credits) than keeping the jack kicker or the jack alone.