How much a hold returns on average, per coin.
Holding JJ is about 1.54, a low pair like 55 about 0.82, 4 to a royal about 19.68, and discarding everything about 0.33. Choose the higher one. Below 1, you lose on average.
Related terms
- Hold / Draw (video poker)Choosing which cards to keep (hold) and replacing the rest (draw).
- EVThe average profit or loss if you repeated the decision.
- High pair (video poker)A pair of jacks, queens, kings or aces; the pairs that pay.
- Low pair (video poker)A pair of 2s through tens; it pays nothing.
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