Video Poker table

Two pair is already a paying hand and drawing to it can improve to a full house or quads; holding both pairs is clearly optimal.

Low pair of nines beats holding two high cards (K+A) in Jacks or Better EV; discard the rest to chase trips/two pair.

Two high cards (Js, Kc) give the best expected value; discarding the rest maximizes chances at jacks-or-better or better.

Holding the pair of tens gives the best expected value: chances at two pair, trips, or full house beat any other 2-card hold here.

Holding the pair of 8s is the standard optimal play; drawing three to the pair maximizes expected value.

No high cards, no pair, and no three-card flush or straight draw; discarding all five maximizes expected value.

Three-card flush draw (9h-3h-8h) has higher expected value than the double-inside 4-6-8 straight draw or low-card holds.

Keeping only the pair of 4s maximizes EV; adding the jack of diamonds lowers the chance of improving to trips/two pair/full house.

No high cards, no pair, and only a weak two-card suited 3-4; discarding all five has the highest expected value (~1.55 credits) versus holding the 3s-4s.

No paying hand or strong draw; holding the lone queen gives the best expected value versus the weak 7-8 connector.

Open-ended straight draw 7-8-9-T with 8 outs to a straight plus pair chances beats holding the low 2c; discarding the 2c maximizes expected value.

Three to a flush (9s-As-3s) with an ace high has higher expected value than holding the lone ace; discard the 5h and 7d.

Holding the suited ten-jack keeps a two-card royal flush draw with straight and flush potential, the highest-EV option over holding the pair of tens or other combinations.

The pair of deuces is the best hold; drawing three to a low pair beats chasing the ace-high straight or flush draws.

Only a lone jack; holding the high pair candidate maximizes EV over any 4-card options like the 5-7-8 gap draws.

Low pair of threes beats holding a single ace; drawing three to the pair has the highest expected value.

Holding the pair of jacks guarantees a paying hand and keeps chances to improve to trips/two pair/full house; discarding a made pair is never correct.

Three of a kind 5s is already a paying made hand; drawing two gives chances at quads or a full house, far better EV than chasing anything with A-K.

Three to a flush (A-high spades) has higher expected value than the 3-5-6 straight draw, and the ace adds high-pair chances.

Suited 6-7-8 is an open three-card straight flush (EV ~0.86), slightly better than holding the low pair of sevens (~0.82).

Four-card diamond flush draw has higher EV than holding only J-K high cards; drawing one to the flush also keeps straight-flush and high-pair possibilities alive.

Holding three to the club flush led by J and T gives the best expected value, beating holding the jack alone.

Low pair of sixes is the clear hold; drawing three to the pair beats chasing a weak straight/flush draw.

No high cards, pairs, or four-card draws; discarding all five maximizes expected value.

Kd-Jd suited is the best hold: three to a royal plus high-card pair chances beat holding the low offsuit cards.

Low pair of sixes has higher EV than holding the lone queen; discard the other three cards.

Only the king of hearts is a paying high card; drawing four to it maximizes expected value.

KJ suited is the standard hold here, beating holding the jack alone; two suited high cards keep flush and straight possibilities alive.

Keeping the pair of threes has higher expected value than chasing the A-J high-card draw; a made pair can improve to trips, full house, or quads.

Hold the pair of aces alone; adding the offsuit jack only lowers EV by cutting draw flexibility, and aces are already a paying high pair.

Suited J-Q is the strongest hold here; adding the offsuit ace only dilutes flush and straight-flush potential without adding value.

Kh and Ad are two high cards; holding both gives the best expected value for a high pair or straight/flush draws.

Hold the three high cards (Jh, Ac, Qs); drawing to three high cards has the best expected value, with chances at high pairs, straights, and a gutshot royal draw.

KQ suited is the standard hold here; drawing three to a suited royal/flush combination beats holding the lone king or low cards.

Holding the pair of 8s is clearly best; discarding it for a two-card flush draw would be far worse.

Holding the pair of 8s is the standard optimal play; drawing three to a low pair beats the weak three-card flush/straight options.

Hold the offsuit Q-J pair of high cards; it outranks the suited T-Q in Jacks or Better strategy and offers straight, high-pair, and flush draws.

Low pair of 4s has higher EV than the suited J-K two-card draw in Jacks or Better.

A made low pair has higher expected value than the four-heart flush draw, so keep the pair of threes and draw three.

Holding the pair of sixes has higher expected value than chasing a jack or gutshot; discard the 5c, Jc, 2h.