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Hold the three 9s for a guaranteed three of a kind with draws to four of a kind or a full house, discarding the unrelated 8 and King.

No pair, flush draw, or strong straight draw; holding the lone Ace gives the best chance at Jacks-or-better, straights, and other paying hands.

Holding the lone Ace has higher expected value than the four-card inside wheel draw A-2-3-5, which has only one high card; a single high card outranks that draw in 9/6 Jacks or Better.

Holding the lone Jack has higher expected value than the three-card or four-card inside straight draws, which pay too infrequently. Discarding the low unsuited cards gives the best chance at Jacks or Better and higher hands.

Hold the three 6s for a guaranteed three of a kind with draws to four of a kind or a full house, discarding the unrelated 3 and T.

Hold the pair of kings, a paying high pair, and draw three cards for the best chance to improve to two pair, trips, or better.

Only the queen is a high card; holding the lone Qd maximizes expected value over a suited Q-9 or other weak draws in 9/6 Jacks or Better.

Hold the low pair of 9s, which has higher expected value than a three-card flush draw.

Holding unsuited K-Q-J gives the best expected value, with chances to make a straight or pair up any of the three high cards for Jacks or Better or better.

Hold the open-ended four-card straight 5-6-7-8, discarding the Jack; eight outs to a straight outweigh holding a single high card.

Hold the low pair of 9s, which outranks the 4-card inside straight draw needing only a 6 in Jacks or Better strategy.

Four hearts to a flush outranks a low pair of sixes in 9/6 Jacks or Better, with nine hearts remaining plus Jack outs giving higher expected value.

Hold the low pair of sixes, which has higher expected value than any straight or flush draw from this hand.

Hold the suited K-J for two to a royal with flush, straight, and high-pair potential. Discarding the ace and low cards gives higher expected value than holding three unsuited high cards.

Hold the pair of sixes, the strongest draw; discarding the other three gives chances at trips, two pair, full house, or quads.

Holding the lone Jack has higher expected value than the four-card inside straight draw needing a 5, which pays only on 4 outs with no high-pair outs.

Hold the two unsuited high cards K and Q, which outranks holding a single high card and gives chances at jacks-or-better, straights, and high pairs. No pair, flush draw, or straight draw is present.

Hold the low pair of 7s, which has higher expected value than any straight or other draw, and draw three cards to improve to trips, two pair, or better.

Hold the four hearts for a flush draw, which also retains the ace for a possible high pair; this has higher expected value than holding the ace alone.

Four hearts including K-Q gives a 9/47 flush draw plus high-pair outs, with higher expected value than holding only the suited high cards or J-Q-K unsuited.

Hold the two suited high cards T-J of hearts for royal, flush, straight and high-pair draws, discarding the three unrelated low cards.

Hold the two unsuited high cards J and Q, the best draw with no pair, flush, or straight draw available.

Hold the lone queen as the only high card; the 6-7-8-T inside straight draw has lower expected value than drawing four cards to a Jacks-or-Better pair.

Hold the pair of aces, the highest-EV made hand; drawing three gives chances at trips, two pair, full house and quads while discarding the unrelated low cards.

Holding the two unsuited high cards Jack and Ace gives the best chance to make a paying pair, two pair, or Broadway straight. It outranks drawing one card to the A-2-3-5 inside straight, which has only four straight outs.

Hold the low pair of 3s only; a pair has higher expected value than holding the lone Jack, and there is no straight or flush draw to pursue.

Holding Ah Th Jh is three to a royal flush, which has far higher expected value from royal, flush, straight and high-pair draws than keeping the four-card inside straight draw.

Hold the three jacks for a guaranteed three of a kind, drawing two cards for a chance at four of a kind or a full house.

Only the king is a paying high card; holding it alone maximizes chances for jacks-or-better, two pair, and better draws, while the ten is a penalty card that does not pay when paired.

Only the King is a high card paying as a pair; there is no pair, four-card straight/flush, or suited royal draw, so holding the King alone maximizes expected payout.

No pair or strong draw; King is the only high card. Holding the King alone maximizes chances for a paying pair, two pair, or better, while the unsuited Ten adds no paying pair value.

Hold the low pair of 7s, which has higher expected value than a three-card flush draw or holding the queen alone.

No pair or high cards; holding the three spades for a flush draw has higher expected value than drawing five new cards or any straight draw.

Hold both pairs (7s and 6s) and discard the 8 kicker to draw for a full house, the optimal play for two pair in 9/6 Jacks or Better.

Hold 9-J-Q-K for a 4-card inside straight draw with three high cards, which outranks holding just the suited Q-K in 9/6 Jacks or Better; Tens make a straight and J/Q/K make a paying pair.

Holding the lone Jack has higher expected value than the four-card inside straight draw 5-6-8-9 with no high cards, which only pays on the four 7s.

Hold the pair of jacks for a guaranteed jacks-or-better payout with chances to improve to two pair, trips, full house, or quads; no flush or straight draw competes.

Hold the pair of kings, a high paying pair, and draw three cards to improve to trips, two pair, full house, or quads.

Hold the two suited high cards Js Ks for royal, flush, straight and high-pair draws, which has higher EV than holding either alone.