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Keep the ace, the only high card that can form a paying pair; discard the low cards and ten.

Keep the pair of fives; drawing three cards gives the best expected payout compared with keeping the unpaired high cards.

Keep the pair of sevens; drawing three cards gives the best expected return, with chances to improve to trips, a full house, or four of a kind.

Hold the three unpaired high cards (J, K, Q) to draw three cards, preserving the strongest chances to make a paying high pair or better.

Keep the low pair: drawing three cards offers a chance to improve to three of a kind, a full house, or four of a kind, and is better than the unconnected alternatives.

Keep the pair of eights; drawing three cards to a low pair has higher expected value than pursuing the three-card spade flush draw.

Keep the three of a kind and draw two cards to improve to a full house or four of a kind; discarding the unpaired cards gives the best expected value.

Keep the two high cards, jack and king, to draw toward a paying high pair or better. The small-card straight and three-spade draws have lower expected value.

Hold the pair of eights; it has better expected value than drawing to the queen or other high-card combinations.

Keep the pair of aces; drawing three cards gives the best expected value, with chances to improve to trips or better.

Keep the two unsuited high cards, ace and queen, for the best draw toward a paying high pair or straight.

Keep the three distinct high cards (A, K, Q) to maximize chances of making a paying high pair or better.

There is no paying pair or strong draw; keeping the three low consecutive cards is less valuable than drawing five new cards.

Keep the pair of twos; drawing three cards has better expected value than holding only the jack or breaking the pair.

Keep the suited queen-jack for the straight, flush, and royal-flush potential while drawing three cards.

Keep the ace to maximize chances of making a paying pair of aces or better; the other cards do not form a valuable draw.

Hold the ace and jack as two high-card chances to make a paying pair; the other cards do not form a stronger draw.

Hold the queen as the sole paying high card; the other cards do not form a strong enough draw to justify keeping them.

Hold the ace; drawing four cards gives the best expected return from this hand, better than the low-card flush draw.

None of the dealt cards form a paying pair or a strong draw, so I’m discarding all five to take a fresh five-card draw.

Keep the suited ten and king: they offer a flush draw and chances to pair a high card. The other cards do not form a worthwhile draw.

Keeping the three clubs gives a strong two-card flush draw while retaining a chance to pair the king; this has better expected value than holding the unsuited ace and king.

Hold both unpaired high cards, the ace and jack, to give the draw two chances to make a paying high pair.

Keep the three diamonds toward a royal flush; this three-card royal draw has higher expected value than holding the non-paying pair of tens.

Hold the three aces; drawing two cards gives the best chance to improve to four of a kind or a full house.

Hold the adjacent unsuited high cards, ace and king; this gives the strongest chance to make a paying high pair or better.

Hold the pair of aces for the strongest made hand and a chance to improve to three or four of a kind; discard the unconnected side cards.

Keep the three clubs for a flush draw, with the queen also offering a chance at a paying high pair.

Keep the pair of sixes; drawing three cards to a made pair has better expected value than keeping only the ace.

Keep the three diamonds for a two-card flush draw, while retaining the king as a high-card pair opportunity.

Keeping the three spades gives a flush draw and also retains a chance to make a pair or three of a kind with the jack; this has higher expected payout than keeping the two unsuited high cards.

Keep the pair of fours; it has better expected value than drawing with the lone jack or keeping unrelated cards.

Hold both pairs; replacing the king gives a chance to improve to a full house or four of a kind.

Hold the pair of sevens; drawing three cards gives the best expected value compared with keeping the unrelated high cards or suited cards.

Keep the three spades for a flush draw; the ace is unpaired and the other cards do not make a stronger draw.

Hold both pairs; drawing one card preserves two pair on most draws and can make a full house.

Keep 9-T-J-K for an open-ended straight draw: an 8 or Q completes the straight, and pairing J or K also pays. This has better expected value than the other available holds.

Hold both pairs; drawing one card preserves at least two pair and can improve to a full house or four of a kind.

Keep the four hearts for a strong flush draw; this has higher expected value than holding the two unsuited high cards.

Hold both high pairs; replacing the king preserves at least two pair and gives a chance to improve to a full house.