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Keep the suited ace and king. They offer a chance at a royal flush while retaining two high cards for a paying pair.

The four-card straight draws are inside draws. Keeping the jack alone offers better expected value through high-pair and other paying outcomes.

Keep the king as the only high card. The 3-4-5 cards are unsuited and offer a weaker draw.

Keep the four spades and draw one card for a flush. A non-spade ace can also make a paying pair.

Keep the unsuited jack and ace for chances at a paying high pair, two pair, or better; the other cards offer no stronger draw.

Keep the suited ace and king for a chance at a royal flush and other paying hands. The remaining cards offer no stronger draw.

Keep the ace and queen as two high cards. Their chances of making a paying hand are better than drawing to the inside straight.

Keep the queen as the only high card. The other cards offer no strong straight or flush draw.

Keep the two high cards, king and jack, and draw three. This offers better expected value than keeping either high card alone.

Keep the unsuited queen and jack for two chances to make a paying high pair; the other cards offer no stronger draw.

Keep the jack for a chance at a paying pair or better. The other cards offer no strong straight or flush draw.

Keep the pair of aces and draw three cards to improve it.

Keep the pair of fives and draw three cards. It has better expected value than chasing a straight with the unpaired cards.

Keep the two high cards, ace and king, for chances to make a paying pair or a stronger hand.

Keep the pair of nines and draw three cards for a chance to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keeping the four hearts gives nine chances to complete a flush with one draw. The off-suit ace is less valuable than that flush draw.

Keep both pairs and draw one card. This guarantees a two-pair payout, with four remaining cards that would complete a full house.

Keep the suited jack and queen. Their royal-flush and flush potential, along with opportunities to make a paying pair, is more valuable than drawing one card to the unsuited inside straight.

Keep the ace and king. Two high cards offer better expected value here than the three-card flush draw or the suited ten-king draw.

Keeping the four hearts gives nine draws to a flush, with additional chances to pair the king or queen.

Keeping 9-J-10-Q gives an open-ended straight draw: any 8 or king completes it. It also retains two high cards that can form a paying pair.

Keep the three diamonds for a flush draw. This offers better expected value than drawing to the inside straight or keeping the ace alone.

Keep the suited king and ten for a royal-flush draw and other paying possibilities. The deuce does not improve that draw enough to keep.

Keep the four diamonds and draw one card for a flush. This is stronger than keeping the unsuited jack or drawing two cards toward a straight flush.

Keep the king and queen. Drawing three cards to two high cards has better expected value than drawing two to the three-card club flush.

Hold the pair of eights and draw three cards; it has better expected value than the weak straight possibilities.

Keep the unsuited jack and king. Two high cards offer a better draw than either card alone or the weak three-card straight possibility.

Keep the pair of fours and draw three cards for a chance at three or four of a kind, two pair, or a full house.

Keep the pair of sevens. Drawing three cards gives it better expected value than chasing the inside straight.

Keep the pair of twos; drawing three cards offers better expected value than chasing the three-card club flush.

Keep the pair of kings and draw three cards for a chance to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

The three clubs are too spread out for a straight-flush draw, and keeping the queen offers a better expected return than drawing two cards toward a flush.

The jack is the only high card. The other cards do not form a promising draw, so I’ll keep the jack and replace the rest.

Keep the pair of twos and draw three cards to improve to two pair, three of a kind, or better.

Keep the king and queen for two chances to make a paying high pair, with additional two-pair and straight possibilities. The three spades are not connected, making the flush draw less valuable.

Keep the suited 9 and 10. Their straight-flush, flush, and straight possibilities make them the strongest draw in this hand.

Keep both pairs and draw one card. This guarantees a two-pair payout, with a chance to improve to a full house.

Keeping the four hearts gives nine draws to a flush, plus three draws that pair the queen for a payout.

Keep the pair of kings and draw three cards for chances to improve to three of a kind, two pair, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the jack as the only high card. The three spades are too widely spaced to offer a stronger draw.