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HTML

<table>
<tr><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td></tr>
</table>

JavaScript

$("table").find("tr:gt(1):not(:last)").remove();