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Holding the ace and jack gives two chances to make a paying high pair, while drawing three cards also leaves room for stronger hands.

Keep the ace as the only high card and draw four. The other cards do not form a sufficiently strong straight or flush draw.

Keeping the suited ace and jack preserves two high-card pair draws and a chance at a royal flush. The other cards offer a weaker draw.

The queen is the strongest card to keep. Drawing four gives a better expected return than chasing a flush with the three clubs.

The ace is the only high card. Keeping it gives the best chance to make a paying pair or better.

Keep the pair of threes; drawing three cards offers a better expected return than chasing the weak straight or flush possibilities.

Keep the pair of threes and draw three cards. It has better expected value than chasing a straight or flush from the unpaired cards.

Keep the pair of threes. Drawing three cards gives it better expected value than drawing to the suited ace and queen.

Keeping the pair of fives offers better expected value than drawing to the lone jack.

There is no made hand or strong straight or flush draw. Keeping the ace gives a better chance of a paying hand than holding the disconnected low cards.

The suited jack and ten offer a royal-flush draw and other straight and flush possibilities. I’m discarding the other three cards.

Keep the pair of queens. Its expected payout is higher than drawing to the inside straight or the three-card straight flush.

Keeping the pair of threes and drawing three cards has higher expected value than keeping the lone jack.

Keeping the pair of eights gives the best chance to improve to paying hands such as two pair, three of a kind, or a full house.

The jack is the best hold here. The three spades and the 9-T-J sequence are too weak to outweigh drawing four cards toward a paying pair or better.

Hold the ace as the lone high card. The other cards do not offer a draw strong enough to justify keeping them.

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

The jack is the best hold. The four-card inside straight needs a five and has lower expected value.

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

Keep the three spades for a flush draw while retaining the king as a high-card pairing opportunity.

Keep the suited ace and jack for royal-flush potential and other paying draws; the remaining cards offer less value.

The queen is the strongest hold here. Keeping 2-3-5-6 would leave only four cards that complete a straight, so drawing four cards around the queen has better expected value.

The ace is the strongest card to keep. Drawing four gives better expected value than holding the three spades, which have no straight or royal-flush potential.

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

Holding the suited ace and queen gives a chance at a royal flush and has higher expected value than keeping the three diamonds.

Hold the unsuited ace and jack. They offer better expected value than the weak straight or flush possibilities in this hand.

Keep the pair of aces and draw three cards; this offers the best expected return from the dealt hand.

Keep the 8♦, J♦, and 10♦ for their straight-flush and flush potential. The four-card inside-straight draw is less valuable.

The jack is the only high card. Keeping it gives a better expected return than pursuing the weak flush or straight draws.

The queen is the best hold. The other cards offer only weak straight and flush draws, so drawing four cards gives the strongest expected return.

Keeping 7-8-9-10 gives an open-ended straight draw; any 6 or jack completes it.

Keep the paying pair of jacks 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 kings. Its expected payout is higher than drawing to the four-card flush.

Keeping the pair of threes has a higher expected payout than drawing to the three-card straight flush.

Keep the pair of nines and draw three cards. It offers better expected value than holding the unpaired high cards.

The jack is the only high card. Keeping it offers better expected value than chasing a straight or flush with the other cards.

Keep the pair of fours and draw three cards. It offers better expected value than holding the three diamonds.

The ace is the strongest hold. The other cards offer only weak straight or flush draws, so I’ll draw four cards.

Holding the pair of threes offers a better expected payout than drawing to the unpaired high cards.

Keep the king for a chance to make a paying high pair. The other cards do not form a stronger draw.