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Keeping K, J, 9, and 10 leaves four cards to a straight: any queen completes it. A king or jack can also make a paying pair.

Keep the suited ten and jack for a chance at a royal flush, straight flush, or flush. The other cards do not make a stronger draw.

The jack is the only high card. Keeping it offers a chance at a paying pair while drawing four new cards.

Keep the suited jack and queen for a chance at a royal flush, while retaining ways to make a flush, straight, or high pair.

The king is the strongest hold. The three clubs are too far apart to offer a competitive straight-flush draw.

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

Keeping both pairs guarantees a two-pair payout and leaves a chance to draw a full house.

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

Keep the paying pair of queens and draw three cards for a chance to improve.

There is no paying hand, high pair, or strong straight or flush draw to preserve. Drawing five new cards has better expected value than keeping an inside-straight draw.

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

The ace is the strongest hold here. The low-card straight draws are inside draws, and keeping the three spades offers less expected value than drawing four cards to the ace.

Keeping the four hearts gives nine chances to complete a flush on the draw, making it stronger than keeping the two high cards.

Keeping 3-4-5-6 gives an open-ended straight draw: any 2 or 7 completes it.

Keeping the pair of fives offers better expected value than drawing to the lone queen or starting over.

Keep the paying pair of jacks and draw three cards for a chance to improve to two pair, three of a kind, or better.

Hold the pair of jacks for its guaranteed payout and chances to improve to three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the pair of nines and draw three cards for a chance to improve to a paying hand.

Keeping the four clubs gives nine chances to complete a flush. The 2h does not improve that draw.

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

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

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.

Holding the unsuited ace and jack gives two chances to make a paying high pair, with no stronger draw in the dealt hand.

Keep both pairs, kings and tens, and draw one card for a chance at a full house.

Keep the ace and queen for two chances to make a paying high pair. The ten adds little value to that draw, so discard it with the two low cards.

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

The king and jack are two high cards. Holding them offers better expected value than keeping the unsuited ten for a straight draw.

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

Keep the paying pair of kings and draw three cards for a chance to improve.

Keep both pairs and draw one card for a chance at a full house.

Keep the suited queen and jack. They offer chances at a royal flush and other strong hands while retaining opportunities to make a paying high pair.

Holding the ace offers better expected value than drawing to the inside straight or the three-card diamond flush.

Keep the paying 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 four spades for a one-card flush draw. The flush opportunity is worth more than drawing to a weaker three-card straight-flush possibility.

Keep the two unsuited high cards, jack and ace, for their pair potential. The other cards do not form a stronger draw.

Keep the pair of fives; drawing three cards gives it better expected value than keeping the unmatched high cards.

Keeping T-J-Q-K gives eight outs to a straight, with additional chances to pair a jack, queen, or king.

Keep the pair of queens and draw three cards. It offers a higher expected payout than chasing an unsuited straight.

Hold the suited ace and queen for a royal-flush draw while retaining chances at a flush, straight, or high pair.

Keeping the pair of threes offers a better expected payout than drawing around the lone king or the unpaired club cards.