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A low pair (3s, 3d) beats every other option here, including the 4-card inside straight. Keep the pair and draw three.

There is no made hand, no four-card draw, and no two-card suited high-card combo. Holding the lone jack is the highest-EV play; the alternative straight holds like J-9-8 are weaker.

There is no pair or strong draw here, so the best play is keeping the lone King. The three-card spade flush (T-3-2) has no high cards and is worth less than a single King in 9/6 Jacks or Better.

A low pair (fives) is worth more than a single king or a 4-5 straight draw in 9/6 Jacks or Better, so hold the 5h and 5d and draw three.

Holding the open-ended TJQK straight draw, which has 8 outs, keeps three high cards that can still pair. Its expected value (about 0.87 per credit) beats holding the suited KJ or three unsuited high cards.

A low pair (4-4) is worth more than a lone high card or the 4-card inside straight 4-6-7 (missing the 5). Keep the pair of fours and draw three.

A low pair of tens (about 0.82 expected return per credit) beats the other options. There is no four-card straight or flush draw here, and a single jack or J-T suited is worth less.

There is no pair, no four-card flush draw and no four-card straight draw. Keeping the lone high card, the jack, and drawing four is the standard best hold here.

A high pair of queens (EV about 1.54) beats the three-card spade flush draw Q-9-3, so I keep QcQs and discard the other three cards.

A pair of aces (high pair, EV ~1.54) beats a three-card royal draw with Td-Ad (the 2d is not a royal card) and beats a three-card flush draw, so hold AA and draw three.

In 9/6 Jacks or Better, holding a low pair (66, EV about 0.82 per credit) beats drawing to the three-card straight flush 5-6-8 of spades or the three-card flush. Keep the pair and draw three.

Holding the four clubs (3c 7c 9c Jc) for a flush draw has an EV of about 1.21 per credit. That beats the inside straight draw and holding the jack alone.

A pair of aces is a paying hand, so holding it and drawing three is optimal here. It beats any straight-draw or kicker holds.

With no high cards, pairs or flush draws, the best option is the four-card inside straight draw (2-3-5-6, needing a 4). A redraw of all five is weakened because the discards remove straight cards, and I believe it scores slightly lower here, though the two are close.

There is no pair, draw or suited high-card combination here. Under standard 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy, holding the two unsuited high cards (Ace and Queen) gives the best expected value.

A low pair (EV about 0.82) beats the 4-card open-ended straight 7-8-T... which is actually only an inside draw, so keeping the pair of 8s is optimal.

In 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy, a three-card straight-flush draw (5d 4d 2d) ranks above holding a lone queen. It has the higher expected value.

In 9/6 Jacks or Better, a low pair (EV about 0.82) beats a two-card suited royal draw like AKs (about 0.62), so I hold the pair of nines.

A low pair (EV about 0.82) beats holding a lone ace or any draw here, so keep the 6s and discard the rest.

There is no pair, no four-card flush draw and no usable four-card straight draw. Holding the two unsuited high cards (Q and A) is standard 9/6 Jacks-or-Better strategy and beats keeping either high card alone.

The pair of jacks already pays. Holding it has a higher expected value than drawing to the inside straight K-Q-J-9 or keeping the high cards.

A low pair of tens (about 0.82 expected return) beats holding the lone ace or any draw here under 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy.

A high pair of queens has an expected value of about 1.54 per credit. That beats the 9-J-Q suited three-card straight-flush draw, so hold the queens and draw three.

A high pair (kings) is worth about 1.54 per credit, which beats the two-card royal draw AK suited. So I hold the kings and draw three.

A low pair (EV about 0.82) beats holding a lone ace or the pair plus a kicker, so the optimal play is to hold the 8s and draw three.

There is no pair, straight draw or four-card flush here. A lone King has a higher expected value than the three-card club flush (Kc 4c 8c), so I keep only the King.

A low pair (fives) beats a three-card flush draw, a four-card inside straight draw and a lone queen under optimal 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy. So hold the pair of fives and draw three.

A pair of kings is a high pair that already pays. Holding just the pair and drawing three is the optimal play here, since there is no four-card flush, straight or royal draw worth more.

There is no pair, no four-card draw and no worthwhile straight-flush draw. The ace alone is the only high card, so holding it and drawing four is the standard best play here.

A low pair of 2s (about 0.82 per credit expected) beats every other option here, since there are no high cards, no four-card flush and no open straight draw. Hold the two 2s and draw three.

Four to a flush (Ks 3s 4s 8s) has an expected value of about 1.21 per credit. That beats keeping the low pair of eights, which is worth about 0.82.

This hand has no pair, no four-card draw and no strong three-card draw. Standard 9/6 strategy keeps the lone high card, so I hold the ace and draw four.

The deal is already two pair (sixes and threes), which pays 2 per credit. Holding both pairs and drawing one card is optimal: it keeps the guaranteed two pair and gives a chance at a full house (EV about 2.60 per credit).

A low pair of eights (EV about 0.82 per credit) beats every other option here. There is no four-card straight or flush draw, and no high cards to keep.

A low pair (EV about 0.82 per credit) beats the other options here: a suited QT with no straight flush potential, or the KQ high cards. So keep the pair of fives.

Three to a royal flush (Jc Kc Ac) has a higher expected value than the unsuited AKQJ four-card straight draw or holding just the high cards.

The suited 2-3-4 of spades is a three-card straight-flush draw. By my recollection of 9/6 Jacks or Better strategy tables it ranks above holding the lone queen, though I did not compute the exact expected values.

A high pair of kings is the best hold here; nothing else in the hand (no four-card flush or straight) comes close in expected value. Discard the 3, 6 and 4 and draw three.

A high pair of jacks is worth more than any straight or flush draw here. Holding JJ and drawing three gives an expected return of about 1.54 per credit.

A low pair of fours is the strongest holding here and beats a lone ace or the partial A-3-4 straight draw in 9/6 Jacks or Better. Hold both fours and draw three.