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

The jack is the only paying-pair draw. The other cards do not form a strong enough straight or flush draw to justify keeping them.

Keep the king for a chance to make a paying high pair. The three spades offer only a weak flush draw.

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

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

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

Keep the pair of tens and draw three cards. Its chances of improving to a paying hand are better than the available straight or flush draws.

The jack is the only high card. Holding it offers better expected value than drawing around the unsuited 5-6-7 sequence.

Keep the pair of queens and draw three cards. It already pays and offers chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

Keep the pair of aces and draw three cards. The pair already pays and offers better prospects than the three-card diamond flush draw.

Keep the pair of sixes. Drawing three cards to a low pair has better expected value than chasing the three-card spade straight flush.

Keeping the four clubs gives nine draws to a flush, plus three draws to a paying pair of jacks. That is stronger than drawing to the inside straight.

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

The suited 5–6 offers straight-flush, flush, and straight possibilities. Keeping the four-card inside-straight draw would leave only four cards that complete it.

Hold the ace and queen as two high cards; the other cards do not offer a strong enough draw to justify keeping them.

Keeping the pair of eights offers a better expected return than drawing toward a straight with the unpaired cards.

Keep the three diamonds: they offer flush potential and two ways to complete a straight flush.

Keep the pair of nines. Drawing three cards gives a better expected return than holding the suited ace and king.

Holding the pair of sixes offers the best expected return; drawing three cards gives chances to improve to two pair, three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind.

With no made hand or strong straight or flush draw, holding the unsuited ace and queen offers the best chance to make a paying hand.

Keep the pair of jacks. It provides a guaranteed payout and better expected value than drawing toward a straight.

Keep the pair of tens and draw three cards to improve to a paying hand.

Keep the pair of queens. Its guaranteed payout and chances to improve outweigh the three-card straight-flush draw.

Keep the pair of kings; drawing three cards gives it better expected value than chasing the three-card flush.

Keeping the pair of eights offers a better expected payout than drawing to the lone ace.

Holding the king gives a better expected return than drawing two cards to the three-card flush.

Keep the pair of fives and draw three cards; it has better expected value than the three-card flush draw.

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

The ace is the strongest draw here. Keeping the three diamonds offers flush potential, but holding the ace alone has the higher expected payout.

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

Holding the four spades gives a strong flush draw, with a chance to pair the king. It has higher expected value than keeping the pair of eights.

Keeping the three clubs gives this hand a flush draw while retaining the ace for a possible high pair.

Keep both pairs and draw one card. The draw preserves a paying two-pair hand, with four cards available to complete a full house.

Keep the pair of eights and draw three cards to improve to a paying hand.

Keep the pair of fives. Drawing three cards gives it a better expected payout than chasing a royal flush from just the suited ten and queen.

Keeping the J, K, and A of clubs preserves a royal-flush draw, along with flush and other paying possibilities.

The 2♠, 3♠, and 4♠ give a three-card straight-flush draw with two ways to complete it, plus flush and straight possibilities. That is stronger than keeping the lone queen.

Keep the paying 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.

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 fours. Drawing three cards gives better expected value than keeping the lone ace or the suited low cards.