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Ace-King suited is a two-card royal flush draw with two high cards, which is the standard optimal hold here; the 3c and the 4d-5d add no viable straight-flush or straight draw worth keeping.

The inside straight draws (6-7-9-T or 7-9-T-J) pay only ~0.34-0.40 per credit; holding the lone Jack returns about 0.47, the best of the 32 patterns.

No pair, flush draw, or four-card straight; holding the lone king is the standard optimal play, beating the three-card 3-4-5 straight or drawing five.

Four to a flush (As 8s 3s 6s) is far better than keeping a lone ace; 9 of 47 draws complete the flush for 30 credits plus small chance of a pair of aces.

No pair, flush, or straight draws; holding the two unsuited high cards (J and A) has slightly higher EV than a lone jack or drawing five.

No pair or made hand; Ac-Kc is a suited two-card royal draw with two high cards, which beats holding a single ace or AK unsuited in 9/6 Jacks or Better. Discard the unconnected Th, 2s, 3h.

No pair or draw worth keeping; two unsuited high cards (A+Q) have slightly higher EV than holding a single high card or the weak A-2-4-5 gutshot.

No pair, no flush or straight draw worth keeping; holding the lone queen beats drawing five cards in 9/6 Jacks or Better.

No pair, flush, or straight draws; the standard 9/6 Jacks or Better play with two unsuited high cards K and J is to hold both and draw three.

No pair or draw; holding the two unsuited high cards Q-J is the standard 9/6 Jacks or Better play with higher EV than a single high card.

Garbage hand with no pair, flush draw, or straight draw; holding the lone jack (a single high card) is the standard 9/6 Jacks or Better play with the highest EV over discarding everything.

Pair of aces is a paying high pair; holding the two aces and drawing three is the clear optimal play over any flush or straight draw here.

Low pair of fives beats the weak 5-6-7 open-ended draw and the two-card diamond holding; keep the pair and draw three.

No pairs, flush or straight draws; holding the two unsuited high cards A-K gives the best EV (~0.46) versus a lone king or ace.

A low pair of nines beats any draw here; the 2-3-5 is only a weak inside straight draw with no flush potential, so hold the pair and draw three.

Four to a flush (4h 6h Jh 2h) is far stronger than keeping the unsuited A/J high cards; draw one for the flush with 9 outs of 47 plus pair chances on the jack.

Dealt two pair (4s and 3s); holding both pairs and drawing one for the full house is the clear EV-maximizing play (~2.60 per credit) versus any flush draw alternative.

Holding Qd-Jd (two suited high cards) has EV ~2.99 credits versus ~2.98 for the AKQJ inside straight draw, even with the A and K discards hurting straight chances; royal/flush potential tips it.

Two unsuited high cards (A-K) have the best expected value here (~0.474 per credit) versus the suited K-T (~0.452, penalized by the discarded 7s flush card and Ace) or a lone King (~0.456), so hold Ks and Ac and draw three.

Four to a flush with two high cards (K, Q) outranks the suited KQ two-card royal draw in 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy; draw one for the flush.

Hold 9-T-J-Q as an open-ended straight draw (8 outs for a straight, plus 6 outs for a paying pair of J/Q), EV ~0.81, which beats holding A-J-Q (~0.5) or the inside T-J-Q-A draw (~0.58).

No pair or strong draw; holding the lone Ace (~0.47 EV/credit) beats the A-2-4-5 inside straight draw, the suited A-2, and the three-card flush.

KT suited (two to a royal) edges out holding the lone K even with the 2h flush penalty: roughly 0.464 vs 0.460 per credit, and far better than the three-heart no-SF draw.

Four diamonds (A,2,3,Q) is a 4-flush with two high cards: EV ≈ (9×6 + 6×1)/47 ≈ 1.28 per credit, far better than keeping A-Q-J or any high-card combination.

Two unsuited high cards (K, Q) have a higher expected value (~0.50) than the three-card club flush with one high card (~0.46) or the low 6-7-8 straight draw.

Low pair of eights is the best hold here (EV ~0.82 per credit), far better than the weak 7-8-T inside straight draw or drawing five.

Jd and Kc are two unsuited high cards with no flush or straight draw; holding both jacks-or-better cards (J, K) gives the best expected value over holding either single high card.

Low pair of fours is the best hold; it beats keeping a lone ace or any three-card straight/flush draw in 9/6 Jacks or Better.

Pair of sevens (EV ~0.82 per credit) beats the inside straight draw 4-6-7-8 (EV ~0.34), so hold the low pair and draw three.

Low pair of deuces (EV ~0.82) beats the three-card club flush draw (3c 2c Tc, no straight-flush potential), so hold the pair and draw three.

Hold the pair of kings (a paying high pair) and draw three; no competing draw comes close in EV.

No pairs or four-card draws; a lone queen (EV ~0.48) beats the three-card flush with no high cards (~0.44) and a full redraw (~0.36), so hold the Qd alone.

No pair, flush draw, or suited high cards; holding the lone jack gives the best expected value versus drawing to the unsuited 8-T-J gap or discarding everything.

Low pair of 2s has higher EV (~0.82) than holding the lone ace (~0.47) in 9/6 Jacks or Better; hold the pair and draw three.

KQ unsuited has the highest EV (~0.49) versus the no-high-card 3-flush (~0.35) or the low suited 98; the 9-8-3 spades is not a usable straight-flush draw.

No pair, no high cards, no flush draw; a three-card inside/open straight of 8-9-T without high cards has lower EV (~0.28) than drawing five fresh cards (~0.36), so discard everything.

Two pair (jacks and deuces) is the standard hold in 9/6 Jacks or Better; keeping both pairs and drawing one card for a full house beats holding only the high pair.

Four hearts (T,7,Q,3) is a four-flush with 9 outs to a flush plus queen-pair outs, EV ~1.21 per credit, far better than KQ unsuited or QT suited royal draw.

Pair of Kings is a paying high pair with EV about 1.54 per credit, far better than the suited K-A royal draw or any other hold.

Holding the lone Jack (EV ~0.47) beats the three-card spade flush draw with no high cards (EV ~0.45) in 9/6 Jacks or Better; J and T are unsuited so no JT suited play.