Double Double Bonus Poker 9/6 strategy
With perfect play at max bet (5 coins), Double Double Bonus Poker 9/6 returns 98.981%. The Easy chart below has 16 lines and returns 98.806%; the Best chart has 34 lines and returns 98.978%. Even played perfectly, the machine keeps 1.019% of every bet over the long run.
Paytable and hand odds
| Hand | 1 coin | 5 coins | One in | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Flush | 250 | 4,000 | 40,799 | 1.96% |
| Straight Flush | 50 | 250 | 9,123 | 0.55% |
| 4 Aces + 2-4 | 400 | 2,000 | 16,236 | 2.46% |
| 4 2s-4s + A-4 | 160 | 800 | 6,983 | 2.29% |
| Four Aces | 160 | 800 | 5,761 | 2.78% |
| Four 2s-4s | 80 | 400 | 2,601 | 3.08% |
| Four 5s-Ks | 50 | 250 | 613 | 8.15% |
| Full House | 9 | 45 | 92 | 9.77% |
| Flush | 6 | 30 | 88 | 6.82% |
| Straight | 4 | 20 | 78 | 5.11% |
| Three of a Kind | 3 | 15 | 13.3 | 22.58% |
| Two Pair | 1 | 5 | 8.1 | 12.31% |
| Jacks or Better | 1 | 5 | 4.7 | 21.13% |
| No win | 1.8 | |||
| Total | 98.98% |
Payouts for 1 coin and for 5 (the max bet, which pays the royal flush bonus). How often each hand comes up and its share of the return assume perfect play at max bet.
Easy strategy
Short and easy to remember. Hold the first hand on the list that you have.
- 1Royal flush, straight flush or four of a kind (keep an A, 2, 3 or 4 as the fifth card)A♣A♦A♥A♠3♣
- 24 to a royal flushK♠Q♠J♠10♠
- 3Full house, flush, straight or three of a kind7♣7♦7♥
- 4Pair of acesA♣A♦
- 5Two pair9♣9♦4♥4♠
- 6High pair (jacks or better)J♠J♥
- 74 to a flush2♦6♦9♦K♦
- 83 to a royal flushK♥Q♥J♥
- 9Low pair (2s through 10s)5♠5♥
- 104 to an open-ended straight5♥6♦7♣8♥
- 113 to a straight flush5♣7♣8♣
- 122 suited high cardsK♣Q♣
- 134 to a straight with 2 or more high cards8♣9♦J♥Q♠
- 14A single aceA♦
- 152 high cards (with 3 or more, the two lowest)K♦J♣
- 16One high cardQ♣
- 17Nothing: draw five new cards
Checked against all 2,598,960 deals: this chart returns 98.806% (perfect play: 98.981%) and makes the best play on 95.40% of hands.
Best strategy
Every exception, for the highest return. Hold the first hand on the list that you have.
- 1Royal flush, straight flush or four of a kind (keep an A, 2, 3 or 4 as the fifth card)A♣A♦A♥A♠3♣
- 24 to a royal flushK♠Q♠J♠10♠
- 3Three aces, even from a full houseA♣A♦A♥
- 4Full house, flush, straight or three of a kind7♣7♦7♥
- 54 to a straight flush5♥6♥7♥8♥
- 6Pair of acesA♣A♦
- 7Two pair9♣9♦4♥4♠
- 8High pair (jacks or better)J♠J♥
- 93 to a royal flush without an aceQ♠J♠10♠
- 1010-J-Q-K, mixed suits10♣J♦Q♥K♠
- 11Suited A-K-Q, A-K-J or A-Q-JA♣Q♣J♣
- 124 to a flush2♦6♦9♦K♦
- 133 to a royal flushK♥Q♥J♥
- 149-10-J-Q, mixed suits9♣10♦J♥Q♠
- 15Low pair (2s through 10s)5♠5♥
- 164 to an open-ended straight5♥6♦7♣8♥
- 173 to a straight flush with at least as many high cards as gaps8♠9♠J♠
- 18A-K-Q-J, mixed suitsA♣K♦Q♥J♠
- 19Suited Q-JQ♦J♦
- 20Suited K-Q or K-JK♣Q♣
- 21Suited A-K, A-Q or A-JA♥Q♥
- 224 to an inside straight with 3 high cardsK♣Q♦J♥9♠
- 233 to a straight flush, one high card short of the gaps (or using a 2 or a low ace)5♣7♣8♣
- 244 to an inside straight with 2 high cards8♣9♦J♥Q♠
- 25J-Q-K, mixed suitsJ♣Q♦K♥
- 26J-Q, mixed suitsJ♠Q♥
- 27A single aceA♦
- 28Suited 10-J10♥J♥
- 29K-Q or K-J, mixed suitsK♦J♣
- 30Suited 10-Q10♠Q♠
- 31Suited 10-K10♦K♦
- 32A single J, Q or KQ♣
- 333 to a straight flush, two high cards short of the gaps3♥5♥7♥
- 344 to an inside straight5♣6♦8♥9♠
- 35Nothing: draw five new cards
Checked against all 2,598,960 deals: this chart returns 98.978% (perfect play: 98.981%) and makes the best play on 99.43% of hands.
How we computed this
For every one of the 2,598,960 possible deals, the simulator counts every possible draw for all 32 ways to hold the cards, and keeps the hold with the highest average return. Nothing is sampled, so these numbers are exact. Each chart is then played over the same 2,598,960 deals and compared with perfect play.
High cards are J, Q, K and A. A gap is a missing rank inside a run: 8-9-J has one gap. With three high cards including an ace, keep the two lowest.