Double Double Bonus: big quads with the right kicker

• Kickers decide the biggest pays.
• Two pair pays even money.
• Hold kickers only in a few spots.
• Full pay tables are rare.

Pays shown per coin.

Compared with Jacks or Better, two pair drops from 2 to 1. That money goes into four of a kind, which pays far more when the right kicker comes with it.

A kicker is the fifth card next to the four of a kind. Four aces with a 2, 3 or 4 pays 400 per coin, more than a royal flush per coin.

Four 2s, 3s or 4s with an ace, 2, 3 or 4 kicker pays 160 per coin. Plain four of a kind pays 50 to 160, depending on the rank.

With three aces, you usually draw two, but with three aces and a 2, 3 or 4 kicker, many charts hold the kicker as well. That gives a shot at the 400 pay.

Two pair is weaker here because it pays only 1 for 1. Some charts break two pair to hold a pair of aces alone on certain tables.

A pair of aces is worth more than a pair of kings, because four aces pays so much. Low pairs are also played more aggressively.

1. 1

   Step 01

   Read the pay table

   Full house and flush pays.

2. 2

   Step 02

   Use a strategy chart

   For this game.

3. 3

   Step 03

   Size your bankroll

   Large swings.

4. 4

   Step 04

   Play five coins

   For the full royal.

5. 5

   Step 05

   Use a players card

   Get the comps.

Most of the return comes from rare four of a kind hits. Long losing runs are normal, and the game can take 500 or more hands between big pays.

A five-coin quarter player bets $1.25 per hand. At 600 hands an hour, that is $750 in play each hour, so a session bankroll of several hundred dollars is common.

Play this game only with money you can afford to lose. The return is long run math, not a promise for one session.

You play a 9/6 machine at $0.25 per coin with five coins, so $1.25 per hand. You are dealt A-A-A-3-K.

Many strategy charts hold the three aces and the 3 kicker, and draw one card. If the fourth ace comes, the hand pays 400 per coin, or $500.

Without the kicker, four aces pays 160 per coin, or $200. If you miss, three aces still pay 3 per coin, or $3.75, so the hand does not lose.

Ignoring the pay table

9/5 costs 1.1%.

Playing Jacks strategy

Holds differ here.

Under-funding

Swings are large.

Short coining

Royal pays less.

• Double Bonus →The parent game.
• Bonus Poker →A milder version.
• Video poker pay tables →Reading pays.
• Video poker strategy →Playing well.

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