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Keeping the queen gives a better expected return than drawing to the low three-card diamond flush.

Keep the three consecutive hearts, 6h–7h–8h, for straight-flush, flush, and straight possibilities.

Keep the ace and queen as two high cards; drawing three offers better expected value than chasing a flush with the three hearts.

The 7♦, 9♦, and 10♦ offer draws to a straight flush, as well as a flush or straight. I’ll discard the off-suit 5 and queen.

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

Keep the pair of queens, which already qualifies for a payout and offers strong chances to improve.

The king is the strongest card to keep. The other cards do not form a draw valuable enough to justify holding them.

Keeping T-J-Q-K gives eight draws to a straight, with additional chances to make a paying high pair.

Hold both pairs, aces and fours; drawing one card preserves the two-pair payout and gives a chance to make a full house.

Keep the suited jack and king for a chance at a royal flush, while retaining ways to make other paying hands.

Keeping the pair of threes offers a better expected return than drawing to the lone jack.

Keep the pair of threes and draw three cards. It has better expected value than holding the ace or the suited 2–3.

Keep the suited jack and king. Drawing three cards preserves a chance at a royal flush and offers better expected value than keeping the off-suit ace.

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

Keeping the ace and queen gives two chances to make a paying high pair and is stronger than drawing to the three-card flush.

The suited 3–4 offers straight-flush and flush possibilities. It is a stronger draw than the disconnected cards or the three-card straight draw.

Keep the suited king and ten for a chance at a royal flush, while retaining the possibility of a paying high pair. The other three cards offer no stronger draw.

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

Hold the suited jack and king for a chance at a royal flush or flush, while retaining two high cards that can form paying pairs.

Keep the suited ten and queen for a two-card royal-flush draw. The royal upside and other winning draws make this stronger than keeping the three clubs.

Keep the lone high card, the jack, and draw four. The other cards do not form a strong enough draw to justify keeping them.

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

Keep the pair of fives. Drawing three cards gives it better expected value than keeping the unsuited ace and jack.

Keep the king and draw four cards. The four-card inside straight draw needs a nine, making it less valuable than the king.

Keep the suited king and queen for a royal-flush draw and other paying possibilities.

The unsuited king and jack offer the best draw here; the other cards do not form a stronger paying-hand draw.

Keep the pair of fours. Drawing three cards gives it better expected value than keeping the unpaired queen and jack.

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

The queen is the only high card. The other cards offer no strong straight, flush, or pair draw, so I’ll keep the queen and draw four.

The queen is the only high card. The three spades do not offer enough straight or royal-flush potential to justify keeping them over drawing four cards to the queen.

Keeping the pair of twos offers the best chance to improve to a paying hand.

Keep the queen for a chance at a paying high pair; the other cards offer no stronger draw.

Holding the three diamonds offers a slightly higher expected payout from flushes and other paying draws than keeping the four-card inside straight.

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

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 king is the only high card. Keeping it offers a better expected return than drawing two cards to the three-card diamond flush.

Keep the unsuited J-Q for chances at a paying high pair or a straight; the three-card club draw is weaker.

Keep the pair of aces, which already qualifies for a payout and has chances 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 a higher expected payout than drawing one card to the open-ended straight.

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