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Hold the pair of fours; drawing three cards to improve it has higher expected value than pursuing the small straight possibility.

Keep the three consecutive cards; drawing a 6 or 10 completes an open-ended straight, with additional chances to improve.

Keep the pair of fives; drawing three cards has better expected value than pursuing the two-card flush draw.

Keep the pair of fours; drawing three cards gives the best chance to improve to trips, two pair, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the dealt pair; drawing three cards to improve it has higher expected value than keeping the lone jack and drawing four.

Keep the three spades for a flush draw; with two replacement cards, this has better expected value than keeping the two unsuited high cards.

Hold the pair of sevens for the strongest draw to three or four of a kind, full house, or two pair.

Keep the pair of aces; drawing three cards offers the strongest expected return.

Keep the pair of sixes; it offers a stronger expected return than drawing to the unrelated high card or straight possibilities.

Hold the pair of aces; drawing three cards gives the strongest expected value by pursuing trips, two pair, or four of a kind.

Keep the suited ace and queen for high-pair chances and the possibility of improving to a flush or royal flush; the other cards do not form a worthwhile draw.

Hold the king as the only high card; the other cards offer no pair, flush draw, or strong straight draw.

Keep the pair of nines for the strongest immediate paying-hand potential; the other cards do not form a worthwhile draw.

Keep the two unpaired high cards, ace and king, for the best chance to draw a paying high pair.

Hold the pair of sixes; drawing three cards gives the best expected value by pursuing trips, two pair, or a full house.

Keep the low pair; drawing three cards to improve it has better expected value than pursuing the disconnected cards.

Hold the pair of aces; drawing three cards maximizes the chances to improve to trips or better while retaining a paying high pair.

The cards make no paying hand, and the 3-5-6-7 combination is only a weak inside-straight draw. Discarding all five gives the best expected return from a fresh draw.

Keep the ace as the only high card; the remaining cards offer no stronger draw.

Keep the pair of nines; drawing three cards to improve the pair has higher expected value than drawing one card to the four-card flush.

These are all low, unpaired cards with no strong draw. Discarding all five gives the best chance to draw a paying high pair or better.

Keep the low pair; drawing three cards to a pair has higher expected value than keeping the unpaired king and ace.

Keep the three unsuited high cards, which offer the best chance to make a paying high pair while preserving other draw possibilities.

Hold the pair of eights; drawing three cards to improve it has higher expected value than keeping any of the unpaired cards.

Keep the two high cards, jack and ace, for the best chance to make a paying high pair or better.

Keep the pair of kings; it has better expected value than drawing to the suited king-queen.

Keep the suited ace and jack: this preserves a chance at a royal flush while giving useful high-pair and other draw possibilities.

Keep both unsuited high cards: either can pair for a paying jacks-or-better hand, and drawing three gives more chances than keeping just one.

Hold the jack for a chance at a paying high pair; the four-card inside straight draw has only four outs and lower expected value.

Keep the lone king as a high-card draw; the other cards do not form a promising paying pair or draw.

Hold the three tens; drawing two cards gives the best chance to improve to four of a kind or a full house.

Keep the three high cards; they offer multiple chances to pair for a payout and retain the possibility of completing a straight.

Keep the suited A-2-3: drawing two cards preserves a flush chance and the A-2-3-4-5 straight-flush draw, with better expected value than the unpaired high cards.

Hold 5, 6, 8, and 9 for the four-card inside straight draw; a 7 completes it, giving better expected value than keeping the lone queen.

Keep the low pair to draw three cards; this offers the best chance to improve to trips or better, while the king alone has no paying pair value.

Keep both pairs to guarantee the two-pair payout while retaining chances to improve to a full house or four of a kind.

Keep the pair of kings for a paying jacks-or-better hand, with a chance to improve to three or four of a kind.

Keep the pair of sevens; it has better expected value than the open-ended straight draw.

Keep the jack as a high-card draw; the other cards do not form a useful paying combination or draw.

Keep the suited ace and ten: they offer chances to make a high pair, a heart flush, or a royal flush. The other cards add no useful draw.