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Keep the pair of twos; drawing three cards to a low pair has greater expected value than holding the lone ace or unpaired cards.

Keep the pair of eights; drawing three cards to improve it has higher expected value than keeping the suited ace and ten.

Keep both unsuited high cards, K and J, to maximize the chance of making a paying high pair; the other cards offer no useful draw.

Keep the three unsuited high cards; they offer better expected value from pair and multi-pair outcomes than the inside-straight draw.

Keep the suited ace and jack: they offer high-pair outcomes and a chance at a royal flush. The other cards do not form a stronger draw.

There is no paying pair or strong draw, so discarding all five maximizes the expected return.

Keep the three high cards; they offer multiple chances to make a paying high pair, two pair, or trips, with a chance at a straight.

Hold the pair of jacks for a strong paying-hand chance; the other cards do not improve the draw enough to keep.

Hold 4, 5, 6, and 8 for a four-card inside straight draw; any of the four remaining sevens completes a straight.

Keep the ace and queen; drawing three cards gives strong chances to make a paying high pair and can complete a broadway straight.

Keep the pair of jacks for the strongest expected payout; the other three cards do not form a stronger draw.

Keep the pair of sixes to draw for three or four of a kind; discard the unpaired cards.

Keep the dealt pair; drawing three cards gives the strongest expected payout compared with keeping the unpaired high cards.

Keep the pair of tens and draw three; it offers the best chance to improve to a paying hand.

Keep the suited ace and jack for a two-card royal-flush draw, while retaining chances to pair a high card.

Keep the pair of eights to draw three cards; this has the best expected value.

Keeping the queen gives the strongest draw toward a paying high pair and other winning hands; the three clubs are not enough to justify holding a flush draw.

Keep the pair of eights; drawing three cards gives better expected value than keeping the scattered three-card spade draw.

Keep the pair of tens; it has better expected value than the unpaired high cards.

There is no paying pair, high card, flush draw, or meaningful straight draw, so discarding all five gives the best chance to make a paying hand.

Keep the four diamonds for a one-card flush draw; its expected payout exceeds holding the low pair of eights.

Keep the low pair: drawing three cards offers the best expected value compared with keeping a lone king.

Keep the four-card open-ended straight draw (8–J), which has eight straight-completing cards and better expected value than the three-card spade draw.

Keep the three high cards: they can make a paying high pair, and drawing two cards also gives a chance to complete the A-K-Q-J-T straight.

Keep the four hearts for a strong flush draw; discard the off-suit 2.

Keep the four clubs for a strong flush draw; discard the off-suit ace.

Keep the pair of sixes; drawing three cards to improve the pair has higher expected value than pursuing the three-card straight or a high-card pair.

Keep the ace and jack as two high-card draws; the remaining cards offer no strong pair or straight/flush draw.

Keep the three eights; drawing two cards gives the best expected value, with chances to improve to four of a kind or a full house.

Keep the 6-7-8 open-ended straight draw; it has strong straight and other paying-hand potential compared with holding only the ace.

Hold the two pair and draw one card, preserving the chance to improve to a full house or four of a kind.

Hold the pair of tens; drawing three cards to the pair has better expected value than keeping the three hearts, which have no useful straight draw.

Keep the pair of tens; holding a low pair has higher expected value than drawing toward the other incomplete possibilities.

Keep the low pair: it has the strongest expected return compared with drawing to the two suited high cards.

Keep the pair of queens; it already qualifies for a paying jacks-or-better pair, with a chance to improve to trips or better.

Keep the pair of sixes; drawing three cards gives the strongest expected return compared with keeping the unrelated suited cards.

Keep the pair of jacks for the strongest paying draw; discard the unrelated cards.

Keep the pair of fives; drawing three cards to improve the pair has higher expected value than holding the unrelated queen and king.

Hold the four diamonds to draw for a flush; this has better expected value than keeping the low pair of sevens.

Keep the king and draw four; it offers the strongest chance to make a paying high pair or better.