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Keep the pair of fours; drawing three cards to a low pair has higher expected value than holding the queen or discarding the pair.

Keep the lone king; the other cards make no paying pair, flush draw, or strong straight draw.

Keep the three kings; drawing three cards preserves the guaranteed three-of-a-kind payout while allowing chances to improve to a full house or four of a kind.

Keeping the ace gives several ways to form a paying hand, including a high pair, two pair, or better. The low-card inside straight draw has only four outs and is less valuable.

Hold the two suited high cards, A♥ and J♥, for chances at a paying pair and heart draws, including a royal flush.

Hold the pair of tens; the other cards do not form a stronger straight or flush draw, and drawing three cards gives the best chance to improve the pair.

Keep the pair of aces, which has greater expected value than drawing to the three-card spade royal-flush possibility.

Hold the pair of nines; drawing three cards to improve the pair has higher expected value than keeping any smaller subset.

Hold the dealt pair of fours; drawing three cards gives the strongest expected value compared with keeping the unpaired high cards.

Keep the dealt pair of threes; drawing three cards to a pair has higher expected value than keeping the lone queen or an incomplete straight draw.

Keep the pair of fives; it has better expected value than drawing from the unpaired high cards, which do not form a suited royal-flush draw.

Hold the four clubs for a strong flush draw; the 8h does not improve that draw enough to keep.

Holding the suited J-Q preserves the chance to make a paying pair while also drawing to a flush or straight, giving it better expected value than keeping three unsuited high cards.

Keep the four-card open-ended straight draw (3-4-5-6); a 2 or 7 completes a straight, while the lone jack does not pay.

Keep the three diamonds to pursue a flush, with some additional straight potential; the other cards offer no made hand or stronger draw.

Keep the four consecutive ranks 8–J: drawing a 7 or Q completes a straight, giving a strong open-ended draw.

Keep the pair of fives; its draw value is better than holding these three unsuited high cards.

Keep the three hearts for a flush draw; the lone jack does not make a paying pair, and the remaining cards offer no stronger draw.

Keeping the queen preserves the best chance to make a paying high pair; the three-club flush draw is less valuable than drawing four cards with a high card.

Hold the lone ace as the best remaining high-card draw; the other cards do not form a stronger paying or drawing combination.

Keep the pair of kings for a strong jacks-or-better payout and a chance to improve to three or four of a kind.

Keep the pair of nines for the strongest expected return; the three-card club draw is less valuable.

Hold the pair of queens to pursue three of a kind, two pair, or a full house; discard the unrelated cards.

Keep the four-card open-ended straight draw; the 2–5 run can complete with an ace or a six.

Keep the three distinct high cards; they give multiple chances to make a paying high pair and can also complete a straight.

Keep both pairs; two pair already guarantees a payout, and drawing cannot improve its expected value.

Keeping 2-3-5-6 gives a four-card inside straight draw: any 4 completes a straight. Its expected payout is better than drawing four cards around the lone king.

Hold the pair of nines; its expected return is higher than the three-card flush draw.

Hold the four-card open-ended straight draw (3-4-5-6), which can complete with any 2 or 7 and has better expected value than keeping the lone jack.

Hold the pair of fives; drawing three cards to improve it has better expected value than keeping the unpaired king and jack.

Keep the pair of sixes; with no stronger pair or useful straight/flush draw, it has the best expected value.

Keep the pair of threes and draw three cards; the other cards do not form a strong enough draw to keep.

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

Hold the pair of aces; it has stronger expected value than pursuing the three-card diamond royal-flush draw.

Keep the pair of queens; drawing three cards maximizes the expected value of this hand.

Keep the jack as a high card; the four-card gutshot has only four outs and lower expected value.

Hold the pair of fours; drawing three cards offers the best expected value compared with breaking the low pair.

Keep 4, 6, 7, and 8: drawing a 5 or 9 completes a straight, with eight available outs.

Keep both pairs and draw one card: matching either pair’s rank improves the hand to a full house, while other draws preserve two pair.

Hold the pair of tens; drawing three cards to improve the pair has better expected value than keeping either unpaired card.