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Keep the pair of sixes and draw three cards. Its chances of improving outweigh the three-card diamond straight-flush draw.

Keep the unsuited queen and ace. They offer the best chance to make a paying high pair or improve to a stronger hand.

Keep the pair of fives and draw three cards. It has higher expected value than drawing one card to the inside straight.

Keep the ace, queen, and king. Three high cards offer strong chances to make a paying pair, with some potential for a straight.

Keep the pair of fives and draw three cards. This gives a better expected payout than keeping either kicker alongside the pair.

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

Keep the pair of twos and draw three cards. It has higher expected value than holding the king alone.

Keep the suited ace and king for a chance at a royal flush, with other paying draws still possible. The three-card diamond flush draw is less valuable.

Keep the pair of kings. Drawing three cards gives chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the pair of twos. Drawing three cards to it has higher expected value than holding the lone queen.

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

Keep the pair of nines. Drawing three cards gives it better expected value than chasing a flush from three scattered diamonds.

Keep the three clubs: they offer flush draws and two ways to complete a straight flush. The ace alone is a weaker draw.

Keep the suited ten and queen for a royal-flush draw and other flush possibilities; discard the off-suit cards.

Keep the four spades for a one-card flush draw. This is stronger than keeping the ace or queen alone.

Keep both pairs and discard the 5. The draw can improve the hand to a full house while otherwise preserving two pair.

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

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

Hold the jack as the lone high card. The other cards offer no strong flush or straight draw worth keeping over it.

Keep the queen and ace as two high cards. Drawing three gives better expected value than chasing the inside straight with A-2-3-5.

Keep the three hearts for a flush draw, with the ace also offering a chance at a paying pair.

Keep the pair of twos and draw three cards; it has better expected value than holding the unsuited ace and queen.

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

Keep the three diamonds for a flush draw. The unsuited queen and eight offer less value.

Keep the open-ended four-card straight (4, 5, 6, 7). Drawing a 3 or 8 completes it.

Keeping 8-9-10-J gives an open-ended straight draw: any 7 or queen completes it. A remaining jack can also make a paying pair.

Keep the two high cards, king and queen. Drawing three cards gives chances to make a paying pair or a stronger hand.

Keep the king as the only high card. The other cards do not offer a strong enough straight or flush draw to justify holding them.

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

Keep the 8c, 9c, and Tc for a three-card straight-flush draw. The 2h and Kd do not improve that draw.

Keeping the ace gives the best chance to make a paying hand; the three hearts are not strong enough to outweigh it.

Keep the two high cards, ace and king. Drawing three cards gives more chances to make a paying hand than keeping the three spades.

Hold the pair of queens, including the queen of spades at position 2, and draw three cards. A high pair has better expected value than keeping the suited jack and queen.

Keep the pair of jacks. Its guaranteed payout and chances to improve are worth more than drawing one card to the diamond flush.

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

Holding 7-8-9-10 gives eight cards that complete a straight. Discarding the king is better than keeping it and drawing for a high pair.

Keep the suited ten and king for a royal-flush draw. The other cards do not improve that draw.

The jack is the only high card. The other cards do not form a strong straight or flush draw, so I’ll keep the jack and draw four.

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

Holding the four clubs gives a one-card flush draw, which is stronger than the available alternatives.