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Jacks or better (99.9%) basic strategy

The following table describes the basic strategy for Jacks or better (99.9%) with 1-2-3-4-6-9-25-50-940 payoff. Cards to discard are signed grey. Initial hands are placed in priority order, i.e. it is necessary to compare problem hand from the top of the table until the first proper description is found.

Initial Hand	Sample
Straight Flush or Royal Flush Hold all cards	4 5 6 7 8
Four of Kind Keep Four of Kind	5 5 5 5 Q
Full House Hold all cards	A A 2 2 2
4 to Royal Flush Keep 4 to Royal Flush, discard even the pat Flush	A K Q 3 T
Flush Hold all cards	K Q J 3 5
Straight Hold all cards	9 8 7 6 5
Three of Kind Keep Three of Kind	K K K Q J
Two Pairs Keep Two Pairs	K K Q Q J
4 to Straight Flush Keep 4 to Straight Flush, discard even the pat Pair	8 9 T J J
Suited KQJ or QJT Draw to Royal Flush	K Q J J 9
Jacks or better Keep only pat Pair	A Q J J 5
3 to Royal Flush Keep 3 to Royal Flush, discard even low pair.	A Q J 6 6
4 to Flush Keep 4 to Flush, discard even low pair	K Q 3 8 8
KQJT Draw to Straight, discard even pat tens.	K Q J T T
Low Pair Keep the low pair only	J T 9 8 9
Open ended Straight on 4 cards Draw to Straight	J T 9 8 5
Open ended Straight Flush on 3 Draw to Straight Flush	3 4 5 A K
Suited QJ, no more this suit Keep the suited QJ	A K Q J 9
AKJQ Draw to Straight	A K Q J 5
2 suited faces Keep the 2 suited faces	A K J T 5
4 to Straight, 3 faces Draw to Straight	A K J T 5
3 to Straight Flush, 1 gap Draw to Straight Flush	5 6 8 9 3
Suited JT Keep the suited JT	K J T 5 6
Suited QT, no more this suit Keep the suited QT	K Q T 5 6
KQJ Keep the KQJ	K Q J 8 7
2 or 3 faces Keep 2 lowest faces	A K J 8 7
2 to Royal Flush Draw to Royal Flush	K T 8 7 6
Face Keep this high card	K 9 8 6 5
3 to Straight Flush Draw to Straight Flush	T 9 8 6 5
Garbage Discard all, never keep 3 to Flush and Straight on 4 with gap.	T 9 8 6 5