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Exact casino math

Video Poker

Exact hold/discard analysis over all 32 masks for a paytable-aware five-card draw decision.

Start with 9/6 Jacks or Better and expand outward by swapping only the paytable and ranking tables.

Rules focusThe rule assumptions and model boundary this page uses for its calculations.
The entire product is the paytable plus final hand-ranking logic for each draw outcome.
OutputsThe main numbers or result groups this page will produce after you run the analysis.
Best hold maskExact EVRunner-up holdsFinal rank distribution

Rules

Exact hold analysis

Video poker is just a paytable plus draw enumeration, which makes it perfect for a dedicated exact-analysis page.

  • This analyzer enumerates every draw for every one of the 32 possible hold masks.
  • The current implementation focuses on exact choice quality rather than chart memorization.

Analyzer

Find the best hold

Enter a five-card hand and compare the exact EV of the best draws.

Five-card handPick the exact five cards you were dealt before deciding what to hold.
5 selected, up to 5

Enter five cards to enumerate the exact hold EVs.