Video Poker table

A pair of 2s is the strongest made hand here, and holding a pair beats keeping the unsuited Ace or Ten, so I hold the two 2s and draw three.

A pair of 8s is the strongest made holding here, and keeping it gives the best chance of trips, a full house, or better. Discarding the ace, ten, and four is standard for this pair.

Holding the suited Kc and Jc keeps two high cards with a clubs flush draw and a chance at a jack-high or better hand, which is a stronger start than the 8h-9h draw here.

Holding K, J, and Q guarantees at least a jacks-or-better pair-level payout and keeps straight and trip upside, which should beat chasing the 10 inside draw with 9-J-Q-K.

No pair is available, so I'm keeping the three high cards A-J-T as a royal-straight draw and discarding the 6 and 3. This is a standard high-card draw choice for 9/6 Jacks or Better.

No pair or made hand is available, so I'm holding the 10, 8, and 7 as a three-card inside-straight draw toward 6-7-8-9-10 or 7-8-9-10-J. Holding a single high card alone is weaker.

Holding the three high cards Ace, King, and Queen keeps straight and pair potential, which is the best strategy-table play here over keeping only two high cards.

A pair of jacks is a guaranteed Jacks or Better win and is the standard optimal hold here, which beats keeping the weak 8-9 suited draw.

Holding 5-6-8-9 keeps a four-card inside straight draw that is completed by any 7 (four outs), which is the best available draw here.

Holding the suited Queen-Ten gives a flush and straight draw with high-card value, which should beat keeping the lone Ace on this 9/6 paytable.

A pair of jacks is the strongest made hand here, and the exact reference strategy keeps the pair. The other high cards do not offer a better draw than the sure jacks-or-better payout.

A pair of sixes is the strongest holdable made hand here; the 2-3 and 9 give no realistic straight or flush draw worth breaking the pair for.

A pair of fives is the strongest keepable made hand here, and holding it beats the unsuited high-card draw from ace, king, and ten. The other cards are discarded to draw for trips, two pair, or a full house.

A pair of tens pays Jacks or Better, and no other combination in this deal (no flush, straight, or high-card draw worth chasing) beats keeping it. I hold the two tens and discard the ace, deuce, and six.

Holding the suited ace and jack keeps the best high-card potential for a pair of jacks or better, a flush, or a straight flush, while the 7, 2, and 5 have little value.

A pair of 8s is the strongest made hand here, so I hold both eights and discard the 6, 4, and ace to draw for trips, two pair, or better.

Holding the three clubs (Q, 8, 7) keeps a flush draw with straight-flush potential, which is typically worth more than keeping only the queen or the two connected clubs.

A pair of 8s has better expected value than drawing to the three-spade flush, which needs two specific spades from 47 cards. Holding the pair keeps the best made hand and leaves three cards to improve it.

Holding the pair of tens gives the best chance at trips, two pair, or a full house, which beats chasing the gapped T-J-K straight draw that needs both a queen and an ace or nine.

No made hand, so I keep the two connected high cards 9 and T, which give straight and pair-of-jacks-or-better potential, and draw three.

Holding the four diamonds (9d, 8d, Ad, 5d) gives a flush draw worth about 6 credits per credit on a hit, which beats keeping a pair of 8s that pays nothing on its own.

Holding the pair of 2s keeps the best made hand available, with a chance to improve to trips, a full house, or quads. The other three cards have no strong draw worth keeping over the pair.

Holding J, 8, T, and 9 keeps an open-ended straight draw (7 or Q completes it, with spade outs for a straight flush), which is worth more than keeping the three-spade flush draw or the lone 6.

Holding the ace, king and ten keeps three high cards that can make jacks or better, pairs, or a broadway straight, which beats chasing the weaker 7-8 pair of connectors.

Four hearts to a flush gives about a 9-in-47 chance to complete the flush on one draw, with the jack-queen high cards still paying as a pair if the draw misses.

Holding the four clubs (2c, 9c, 4c, Jc) keeps a four-card flush draw and discards the off-suit ace, which is the standard play for this shape.

A pair of sixes is the strongest keepable made hand here, giving chances at two pair, trips, or better, while the other cards are weaker draws.

No pair and no realistic flush or straight draw, so I keep only the jack, the highest card that can still make jacks or better with a single draw.

Holding the three eights makes three of a kind, the strongest made hand here, and drawing two cards gives a chance at a full house or four of a kind.

Holding 8, 7 and 6 keeps an open-ended straight draw (5 or 9 completes it), which beats keeping the lone ace or the weak 2-6 combination.

The hand is already two pair, sixes and tens, which pays 2 credits per credit bet. Holding all four paired cards and discarding the 3c keeps that made hand and gives a chance to improve to a full house or better with one card.

A pair of tens is the only made hand and already pays as jacks or better, and the remaining cards (3d, 4h, 7h) have no realistic straight or flush draw worth breaking the pair for.

Holding the pair of tens is the best available keep; no 4-card straight or flush draw exists here, so the pair gives the strongest chance to improve.

A pair of 4s is the strongest holdable made hand here, so keep both 4s and discard the ace, king, and nine to draw toward trips or better.

A pair of queens is the only made winning hand, so holding Qs and Qd and discarding the other three cards is the standard optimal play, since no straight or flush draw is worth breaking the pair.

Holding the pair of sixes gives the best chance to improve to trips, two pair, or a full house on three draws, which beats the weaker three-card diamond flush draw.

Holding the pair of jacks is the standard optimal play here, since a made pair of jacks or better beats keeping the suited queen-jack two-card draw.

Holding the pair of 5s gives better expected value than keeping the unsuited Q-K, since a pair of fives offers a three-of-a-kind or better chance from the draw, while Q-K only pays jacks or better if a queen or king pairs.

Holding the four diamonds (Qd, 7d, 5d, Kd) gives a flush draw with 9 outs plus some straight-flush chances, which is better here than keeping only the suited Q-K, and the 7c is the discard.

No pair or made hand, so I'm keeping the connected 4 and 5 as an open-ended straight draw rather than the suited K-9 or the weaker 2 kicker.