7/5 Bonus Poker is another common Bonus Poker pay table, but it pays much less than the 8/5 version of the game. In this game the Full House only pays out 7x instead of 8x, which lowers the payout percentage to 98.01%. Here's the table. There are, as you might guess, plenty of video poker games in a casino that have '9/6' ratio payouts- but many of them may return less than 99.54%. FWIW, you shouldn't infer that the term 'full pay' means it's a good game. The only way to be sure something is a good game is to examine the entire pay table.

If you could find a video poker Bible, the Book of Genesis would probably go
something like this:

Jacks or Better begat Bonus Poker, which begat Double Bonus Poker, which
begat Double Double Bonus Poker – and lo, Double Double Bonus Poker Plus was
born.

After the classic Jacks or Better established the template, Bonus Poker
perked things up by adding premium payouts on four of a kind. Those payouts were
doubled in Double Bonus Poker, and by the time Double Double Bonus Poker hit
casino floors, four of a kind hands could be improved with low card “kickers.”

All of that evolutionary progress eventually produced Double Double Bonus
Poker Plus, a game which pales in comparison to its predecessor in terms of
public popularity. If the original Double Double Bonus game is akin to The
Beatles, the Plus version is a Ringo Starr solo session.

This game simply takes the model established by Double Double Bonus Poker –
right down to a carbon copy of the pay table – and adds just a single new hand
to the equation: four of a kind in 5s through Kings, plus an Ace kicker.

That’s it, and that’s all.

With that said, we fully recommend heading to our main page for Double Double
Bonus Poker (link to game page here), as that game is a mirror image of this one
aside from the aforementioned new hand ranking. Once you’ve familiarized
yourself with the original, you’ll be better prepared to tackle this less than
inspired reboot.

Considering the lack of creativity that International Game Technology (IGT) –
the worldwide manufacturer of your favorite video poker machines – put into
Double Double Bonus Poker Plus, it’s no wonder the game failed to take off like
previous offshoots. Throw in a reduced payback percentage (more on this to
come), and this game is nothing but an inferior knockoff mimicking a more
successful product.

Even so, every video poker game deserves its due – in our eyes anyway – so
this page was put together to provide a full primer on Double Double Bonus Poker
Plus.

You’ll find everything you need to know about the gameplay, beginning with a
walkthrough aimed at rookies, a discussion on the importance of payback
percentage comparisons, the complete 9 / 6 “full pay” table and downgraded
versions, and even a strategy section designed to teach you the correct play for
any possible scenario. From there, we’ll guide you to the nearest Double Double
Bonus Poker Plus machines in your area.

Double Double Bonus Poker Plus Basics

Before we lead you into the world of expert level video poker play, this
section will be devoted to the very basics. With that in mind, readers who know
their way around a Game King machine by now are more than welcome to skip ahead
to the next section.

But for the beginners out there – players who know they want to try video
poker, but haven’t had the chance to do so quite yet – this section is for you.

When you walk onto the casino floor, you’ll see video poker machines grouped
together in clusters. The typical Game King model by IGT is by far the most
commonly seen, but you’ll run into other products as well. In any event, these
machines are programmed to house several different variants, so you won’t be
looking for a flashing sign that says “Double Double Bonus Poker Plus.”

Instead, find the nearest Game King machine and take a seat. Deposit cash,
coins, or a casino credit voucher to build your starting bankroll, and a few
taps of the onscreen menu will bring you to a GAMES section. From there, you can
locate this particular variant.

Once you’ve chosen your preferred game, it’s time to select the coin
denomination you’ll be playing with. Think of this like chips at the table game
pits, so coin denomination simply means the betting increment you’ll be using.
Video poker generally runs from penny stakes, meaning a $0.01 coin denomination,
through nickel, quarter, dollar, and up.

Take your pick of these options based on your personal bankroll limitations.

After selecting Double Double Bonus Poker Plus, you’ll be presented with a
grid outlined in yellow, featuring five columns and several rows of numbers.
This is the pay table screen, and as you’ll see, each number corresponds to a
hand ranking – from royal flush all the way down to one pair of Jacks or better.

The game will default to the left most column, which signifies a 1 coin
wager. But at this point, you’ll want to toggle the pay table all the way over
to the right hand side, which represents the maximum bet of 5 coins.

In the world of video poker, the pay table increases in perfect harmony as
you move up between 1 and 4 coin bets. That is to say, doubling from 1 coin to
2 coins will double all payouts, and moving up to three coins will increase them
one fold over again.

But when you bet the maximum of 5 coins on a given hand, the payout for a
royal flush becomes massive, which lends video poker its jackpot element. If
you’re a more visual learner, check out the following payout alignment:

• 1 Coin – 250
• 2 Coin – 500
• 3 Coin – 750
• 4 Coin – 1,000
• 5 Coin – 4,000

As you can see, the first four payouts follow a set pattern, moving up in
increments of 250 coins. That means the payout for a royal flush when betting 5
coins should be 1,250 coins, but instead it increases all the way to 4,000
coins. That’s a massive increase, one which turns the 250 coins per coin wagered
baseline into a juiced up jackpot of 800 coins per coin wagered.

All of that preamble is to say one thing: video poker is a max bet game,
plain and simple. Unless you bet the max of 5 coins per deal, you’ll just be
sending the casino free money by sacrificing tons of expected return equity.

Now, we’re not saying to bet over your head – far from it. That’s where coin
denominations come into play. If you don’t feel comfortable betting at 5 coins
on the quarter stakes, which comes to $1.25 per hand ($0.25 x 5 coins = $1.25),
that’s no problem at all. The game still plays exactly the same, with the same
odds and same hands, if you dial it back to the nickel stakes and bet $0.25 per
hand ($0.05 x 5 coins = $0.25).

Once you’ve decided on a coin denomination, and set the pay table to the
maximum of 5 coins, the real action begins.

Pressing the “DEAL” button will remove 5 coins from your credit counter,
while prompting the virtual dealer (our name for the random number generator) to
dole out five cards face up. This is your five card starting hand, which leaves
47 cards remaining in the deck to draw from.

You can click the “HOLD” button – one of which can be found under each of the
five card graphics – to freeze that particular card in place. Clicking that same
button again will release it, so don’t worry about messing up, as you can always
reverse your action. When you’ve decided which cards to hold, pressing “DEAL”
again will start the draw. The unheld cards will be discarded and erased from
the screen, replaced by new ones fresh from the deck.

This completes your final five card poker hand, which will then be scored
against the pay table (we’ll fill you in on these details later on) to see if
you’ve earned a payout. From there, clicking “DEAL” once more will cause the
cycle to repeat itself with a new five card deal from a “shuffled” 52 card deck.

For an example hand, we’ll assume you’ve been dealt the Ac Ad 4c 4h 2c. This
hand will come into play later when we tackle optimal strategy, so keep it in
mind.

The drawing round is where the skill aspect of video poker comes into play,
so get ready. From here, the objective of the game is to determine which poker
hands and / or draws you currently hold (we’ll cover the various hand ranks two
sections on). Pat hands like a straight or full house will jump off the screen,
so you’ll know right off the bat how to play them.

But for hands like the Ac Ad 4c 4h 2c, you’ll be faced with several seemingly
strong choices – which is where the fun of video poker begins. Maybe you want to
hold the two pair, as it’s the strongest hand you currently hold? Or perhaps you
like shooting for the moon, so holding the Ac 4c 2c three card straight flush
draw is your choice? What about that pair of aces as well, could chasing the
four of a kind in aces be a smart bet?

All of these questions comprise the beauty of video poker, so strap in and
enjoy the ride.

We won’t tell you how to play this example hand quite yet, so think it over
for a while, and we’ll reveal the best play later on in the strategy section.

What Is a Payback Percentage in the Context of Double Double Bonus Poker
Plus?

Whenever you come across instructional material on gambling games, you’ll
almost always see one of two terms used throughout:

• The house edge
• The payback percentage

The first term is more common, as it applies to table games such as blackjack
(0.50 percent house edge), baccarat (1.06 percent on Banker bets; 1.24 percent
on Player bets), or roulette (2.70 percent on single zero wheels; 5.26 percent
on double zero wheels).

A house edge percentage simply measures the expected return of a casino game
or wager, as viewed from the casino’s perspective. In other words, this metric
defines what the house can expect to win over the long run.

Percentages and real dollars don’t mix all that well, so players tend to
multiply those house edge figured above by $100 betting increments to see how
games and bets stack up. That means the casino can expect to collect $0.50 on
every $100 put up by a blackjack player (one using optimal strategy anyway).

We know, we know… you can’t lose fifty cents when betting a $100 black chip
on blackjack. But house edge doesn’t apply to single wagers, only the infinite
long run of millions upon millions of wagers placed over time. Thus, the house
can expect to win an average of $0.50 for every $100 bet on blackjack, but only
when all bets made over time are taken into consideration.

Other games are far more house friendly, as the 5.26 percent rate offered to
double zero roulette players demonstrates. When the house can scoop $5.26 from
every $100 in wagers, they’re winning at 10 times the rate when compared to
blackjack. This, among many other reasons, is why sharp gamblers stick to twenty
one over spinning wheels.

When we talk about payback percentage, the metric usually applies to machine
games like video poker and the slots.

The standard variant of Jacks or Better, for example, runs at a payback
percentage of 99.54 percent (when using the 9 / 6 full pay table). That’s nearly
identical to the 9 / 6 full pay version of Double Double Bonus Poker Plus, which
pays back at a 99.44 percent rate.

But what do these numbers mean? Well, the flip side of house edge, that’s
what.

If house edge measures the casino’s expected return, payback percentage
assess the expected return players enjoy on a given game or pay table.

Thus, on 9 / 6 full pay Double Double Bonus Poker Plus, you can expect to
“win” $99.44 from every $100 in bets made. Of course, that’s not really a win,
as you’ll be losing $0.56 for each $100 wagered. But in any case, payback
percentage measures what players can expect to be paid back over the long run.

The goal for house edge users is to find the lowest possible rates, or even a
negative edge for the house – which equates to a positive edge for the player –
a feat achieved by blackjack players who can accurately count cards.

For us video poker enthusiasts, the name of the game is locating the highest
possible payback percentage. And in certain cases, such as 10 / 6 full pay
Double Double Bonus Poker (100.07 percent), you can even find rules and pay
tables that create a positive expectation game.

Now that you know what the terms house edge and payback percentage mean, be
mindful of these two caveats to really understand how they work in the real
world:

1 – These Are Theoretical, Long Term Predictions Only

We mentioned millions
upon millions of hands just now, and we meant it. When studying probability,
mathematicians rely on massive sample sizes to weed out the variance. A quarter
flipped 10 times could land on heads 10 times straight, but flip it 10 million
times and you’ll see it fall with a perfect balance between heads and tails.
That’s how probability works, by assessing the longest of the long term to see
how the numbers really shake out.

This means players shouldn’t think about house edge or payback percentage
rates as applying to them personally. Even if you put in hours at the machines,
day in and day out, you won’t come close to approaching the volume needed to
generate a sufficient sample size. Put another way, your personal sessions will
always be subject to the whims of variance – hence your big winners, bigger
givebacks, and long seesaw streaks in between.

But what these measurements lack in personal scope, they more than make up
for when it comes to comparing games. If you decide to play Jacks or Better
using the 9 / 6 full pay table, the payback percentage stands at 99.54 percent.
But move down just one degree to the 9 / 5 pay table, and the payback rate falls
all the way to 98.44.

Whenever you drop a full percentage point, that’s a major movement in
statistical terms. This is why savvy players always stick to the full pay
machines.

By using house edge and payback percentage rates to compare different games,
or pay tables within a given game, skilled video poker players always put their
money behind the best possible odds. This is the true purpose of these
measurements: allowing gamblers to sift through a casino’s noise to see exactly
where they stand from game to game.

2 – These Numbers Assume You’re Playing with Optimal Strategy

One thing to always keep in mind about house edge and payback percentage rates is that they
always apply to optimal strategy play. Unless you’re approaching the game
correctly, making the best possible decisions as often as you can, you won’t be
deriving the full benefits.

For blackjack players who know basic strategy through and through, their
house edge is 0.50 percent – but it triples to 1.5 percent when gut instinct
alone is used. The same holds true for video poker players, so unless you’re
prepared to learn optimal strategy (we have you covered on that front below),
there’s not much use in considering house edge and payback percentage
comparisons.

Pay Tables for Double Double Bonus Poker Plus Creates a
Transparent Payback Percentage

Below you’ll find the 9 / 6 pay table, also called the “full pay” table, used
for Double Double Bonus Poker Plus:

Hand / Coin	1 Coin	2 Coins	3 Coins	4 Coins	5 Coins
Royal Flush	250	500	750	1000	4000
Straight Flush	50	100	150	200	250
Four Aces (2 / 3 / 4 kicker)	400	800	1200	1600	2000
Four 2s / 3s / 4s (A / 2 / 3 / 4)	160	320	480	640	800
Four Aces	160	320	480	640	800
Four 2s / 3s / 4s	80	160	240	320	400
Four Ks – 5s (A kicker)	80	160	240	320	400
Four Ks – 5s	50	100	150	200	250
Full House	9	18	27	36	45
Flush	6	12	18	24	30
Straight	4	8	12	16	20
Three of a Kind	3	6	9	12	15
Two Pair	1	2	3	4	5
One Pair	1	2	3	4	5
All Other	0	0	0	0	0

The term “full pay” comes from the fact that this 9 / 6 setup – taken from
the respective coin pays for a full house and flush – offers the highest payback
percentage of 99.44 percent for Double Double Bonus Poker Plus.

Planet hollywood casino floor map. But casinos are nothing if not clever, so they’re more than willing to tinker
with the payouts to bring the player’s payback percentage back down to Earth.
The full house and flush payouts are the most likely target, which is why
they’re used to separate pay tables across various video poker variants.

Below you’ll find a table containing some of the more common pay tables for
Double Double Bonus Poker Plus, complete with their corresponding payback
percentages:

Double Double Bonus Poker Plus Pay Tables (By Payback Percentage)

PAY TABLE	PAYBACK
9/6	99.44 percent
10/5	99.42 percent
9/5	98.33 percent
8/5	97.25 percent
7/5	96.17 percent

In each case, adjusting the payouts for a full house or flush in any way from
the 9 / 6 baseline causes your payback percentage to plummet. Even the seemingly
better 10 / 5 version – which tends to hook beginners most often due to the
higher full house payout – causes a slight drop in your overall expectation.

It’s not a major one, admittedly, but we’re trying to point out the illusion
of increased payouts when they don’t align to the full pay numbers.

At this point, let’s take a breather from all these numbers and decimal
places to review the actual hands you’ll be playing with in this game.

Below you’ll find the 14 different five card poker hands which can bring back
a payout in Double Double Bonus Poker Plus:

• Royal flush

  The “holy grail” for video poker players is always the royal
  flush, which only comes in once every40,000 hands or so. To make the royal,
  you’ll be looking for the 10 J Q K A “Broadway” straight, featuring all five
  cards in the same suit. Royals are the jackpot hand (for max bettors), sending a
  cool 4,000 coin hand pay your way when lightning strikes.

• Four Aces (2, 3, 4 kicker)

  If you’re familiar with traditional poker played
  on tables, or even most video poker variants, four of kind should be ranked
  below the straight flush. But this is Double Double Bonus Poke Plus, which puts
  the priority on landing four of a kind PLUS a low card kicker (A A A A 2, A A A
  A 3, or A A A A 4). With a hefty payout of 400 coins per coin wagered, quad aces
  with the kicker is the second strongest hand in the game – which is great, as it
  arrives onscreen with three times the frequency of a royal flush.

• Four Aces (5 through King kicker)

  Hitting four aces, but missing the low
  card kicker, can be agonizing, but any quad aces hand with a kicker between 5
  and King still counts for a solid 160 coin reward.

• Four 2s, 3s, or 4s (A, 2, 3, 4 kicker)

  If you can’t score quad aces,
  snagging four of a kind in 2s, 3s, or 4s, plusan A, 2, 3, or 4 kicker, should
  suffice. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to draw at that wide range of
  hands, and if you hit it, the 160 coin per coin wagered payout matches that of
  four aces without a kicker.

• Four 2s, 3s, or 4s (5 through King kicker)

  Along the same vein, landing four
  2s, 3s, or 4s without a low card kicker is the next tier on the quads countdown.
  This one will payout 80 coins per coin wagered.

• Four 5s through Kings(Ace kicker)

  The one hand that makes Double Double
  Bonus Poker Plus a new game is four of a kind in 5s through Kings, PLUS an Ace
  kicker. This hand matches the 80 coin payout from above, putting it on the bonus
  tier.

• Four 5s through King

  And after long last, we come across a “normal” four of
  a kind. For this hand, any quads between 5s and Kingswithout that crucial Ace
  kicker – offers a 50 coin bounty.

• Straight flush

  Traditionally, straight flushes sit just below the royal
  flush on the poker hand hierarchy. But we’re playing Double Double Bonus Poker
  Plus, whichshuffles the deck so to speak. In this game, making a straight flush
  produces the same 50 coin payout as the basic quads hand above.To make one, look
  for any five card string of consecutive suited cards (2d 3d 4d 5d 6d, 8c 9c 10c
  Jc Qc).

• Full house

  From here on in we’re back to the basic poker hands, so no
  bonuses or other oddities to be found.A full house is the best “mid range” hand,
  paying out 9 coins whenever you put one pair side by side with three of a kind
  (7 7 7 10 10, 2 5 5 5 2, J Q Q Q J).

• Flush

  A flush consists of five cards, unconnected in rank, but sharing the
  same suit. Flushes include the 7h 9h Qh Kh Ah or 2c 6c 8c Jc Ac.

• Straight

  To score a straight, you’ll need to string five consecutive card
  ranks together. And as for those valuable Aces, they can be used to make a
  straight in both directions, with the A 2 3 4 5 “wheel straight” and the 10 J Q
  K A “Broadway” straight both in play. But any five card run, such as 3 4 5 6 7
  or 8 9 10 J Q will suffice.

• Three of a kind

  This one’s self explanatory, so look for three of the same
  card rank to land three of a kind (3 3 3 8 J, A A A 9 5, or 7 7 7 Q K are all
  examples).

• Two Pair

  If you have one pair in one rank, and another pair in another, the
  result is two pair. Examples include (6 6 9 9 K or 2 2 10 10 Q).

• One Pair

  Video poker games almost always incorporate the Jacks or Better
  threshold (J J, Q Q, K K, or A A) to earn a minimum payment, and Double Double
  Bonus Poker Plus is no exception.

Now that you know the 14 possible payable hands in this game, we can use the
probability of making them relative to their payouts to crunch some numbers.
Probability to payout ratios are the key to deciphering the expected value for
each hand in Double Double Bonus Poker Plus. And by stacking up each individual
hand, we can calculate the payback percentage for the entire game.

Here’s how it’s done:

Remember how royal flushes only appear on 1 in 40,000 hands? That comes to a
probability of 0.002 percent. But the payout for that hand is 800 coins per coin
wagered, so if we multiply 0.002 percent by 800, we get an expected return of
2.00.

Flipping the script, it may seem like you see winless hands pop up about half
the time – and you do. More than half, in fact, as non paying hands are dealt
out 55.17 percent of the time. And as you can probably tell, the expected value
for those hands is exactly zero (55.17 percent x 0 = 0).

But this formula can be applied to all 14 hands in the game, which is how we
know that one pair of Jacks or better arrives on 21.24 percent of deals. And
when it does, we hold an expected value of 21.24 (21.24 percent x 1 = 21.24).

The real use for this trick is hands like three of a kind and up, which don’t
offer a payout of 0 or 1 coins. Trips will hit the screen on 7.54 percent of
hands, which comes to an expected return of 22.56 (7.54 x 3 = 21.63).

By using this formula across the 14 payable hands, and all non paying hands,
in Double Double Bonus Poker Plus, we can create the following table:

Expected Return Table for Double Double Bonus Poker Plus

HAND	PROBABILITY	RETURN
Royal flush	0.002 percent	2.006 percent
Four As w kicker	0.006 percent	2.467 percent
Four 2s / 3s / 4s w kicker	0.014 percent	2.291 percent
Four As w no kicker	0.017 percent	2.781 percent
Four 2s / 3s / 4s w no kicker	0.038 percent	3.075 percent
Four 5s through Ks (A kicker)	0.154 percent	1.229 percent
Four 5s through Ks	0.148 percent	7.399 percent
Straight flush	0.011 percent	0.528 percent
Full house	1.087 percent	10.876 percent
Flush	1.096 percent	5.480 percent
Straight	1.270 percent	5.480 percent
Three of a kind	7.543 percent	22.63 percent
Two pair	12.332 percent	12.322 percent
One pair (JoB)	21.240 percent	21.240 percent
Nothing	55.176 percent	0.000 percent
Total	100.000 percent	99.44 percent

Check out that bottom right entry of 99.44 percent. That’s the total payback
percentage for 9 / 6 full pay Double Double Bonus Poker Plus, created by adding
up the expected return rates for all possible hands.

But not so fast, as you’ll only earn that payback percentage when you play
according to optimal strategy. And when you consider that this game offers
19,933,230,517,200 possible five card starting hand combinations, you’ll
definitely want to know how to play them all properly.

With that in mind, dive right into our Double Double Bonus Poker Plus
strategy guidewhich is coming right up.

Double Double Bonus Poker Plus Strategy Tips

Let’s circle back to that tough Ac Ad 4c 4h 2c example hand from before.

Earlier in the page, we challenged readers to think about how they would play
the draw given this five card starting hand.

We see three main options to choose from here. A conservative player who just
wants to win the hand will probably take the two pair option and hope to make a
full house. A bolder player might see three parts of a straight flush and shoot
for the second strongest hand in standard poker, as it offers a cool 50 coin
reward.

But a thinking player would realize that holding two aces gives you the same
guaranteed 1 coin payout as holding two pair, combined with a shot at landing
four aces – which pays 160 coins without a low card kicker and a whopping 400
coins with one.

It doesn’t take a math whiz to see that this five card starting hand is best
played by holding the two aces. But, thanks to the work of some legitimate
mathematical wizards, we can actually see exactly why this play rates better
than the others.

Blackjack players approach the game like a puzzle, piecing together the
partial information provided their two cards relative to the dealer’s up card.
Given this equation, any possible deal can be assessed by sharp players, who
then make the most profitable hit / stand / split / double decisions. And they
know which play is optimal because the math behind probability versus payout
shows us the expected return for each choice.

When you see those handy basic strategy charts used by blackjack beginners,
you might not realize that all they do is present the highest possible expected
return for each scenario.

We can apply the same logic to video poker, which is also a skill based game
which relies on partial information. In this case, we know the five cards
displayed onscreen, which means we also know the 47 remaining cards sitting in
the deck. By comparing the expected return rates for any possible five card
starting hand – along with the possible draws those hands can create – video
poker experts have developed an optimal strategy for every game under the sun.

The strategy chart below lists 39 possible five card starting hands and / or
draws for Double Double Bonus Poker Plus, in descending order of expected
return. In other words, the better hand between two or more choices is always
the one ranked higher on the list.

To use these optimal strategy guidelines, your job is to check your five card
starting hand for all pat hands and draws. In most cases, you’ll only have one
glaring option to choose from, and those hands will essentially play themselves.
But as our example hand challenge demonstrates, video poker has a tendency to
throw tricky curveballs at you on a consistent basis.

These hands of offer two, three, or even more seemingly valid choices.
Knowing which one offers the highest expected return over the long run is the
secret to sustained success in this game.

So whenever you’re faced with a tough spot, take your time to assess the
situation, run your available options through the list below, and choose the
highest ranked play at all times. When you do that, you’ll be playing Double
Double Bonus Poker Plus at an expert level, without sacrificing any of your
precious payback percentage back to the house.

Key: T = 10, J = Jack, Q = Queen, K = King, A = Ace

1. Royal Flush

   This monster hand, and
   the three jackpot deals below it, are the game’s no brainers. When you see a pat
   hand pay on screen, just take your time and click the “HOLD” buttons with care,
   before collecting a sweetbankroll boost.

2. Four Aces / 2s / 3s / 4s with A / 2 / 3 / 4 kicker
3. Four of a kind
4. Straight Flush
5. Four to a Royal Flush

   Landing a
   royal flush is hard enough on the first deal, so if you happen to nab four out
   of the five cards needed, that draw is actually one of the most powerful hands
   in the game. Just think about it: even if you miss the royal draw – which you
   will most of the time of course – you can still land any card of the suit for a
   basic flush, the missing “Broadway” card for a straight, or any face or ace to
   make one pair.All of these potential payouts juice up the expected return for a
   four card royal flush draw, which is why it outranks many of the made hands
   below.

6. Three of a kind (Aces)

   This is where
   the list gets interesting, because three of a kind – even in aces – isn’t
   technically as strong as a full house, flush, or straight. However, when you
   factor in the added equity of making four aces with the kicker preferably but
   even without one – the hand becomes quite strong. Remember, four aces with a low
   card kicker pays out a massive bonus of 400 coins per coin wagers, while a
   regular quad aces is just fine at 160 coins. These huge payouts provide all the
   incentive you need to play three aces ahead of the choices below.

7. Full House

   This one, and the three
   pat hands below it, are standard plays. Meaning, when you land any full house,
   flush, straight, or three of a kind in 2s through kings – with nothing else
   ahead of it on the list – hit “HOLD” and earn the instant winner. But
   interestingly enough, if you hit something like A A A 7 7, for a full house,
   you’d be better off ditching the two 7s and keeping the three aces (as the list
   indicates).

8. Flush
9. Straight
10. Three of a kind (2s thru Ks)
11. Four to a Straight Flush

    Similar to the four card royal
    draw, any four pieces of the straight flush puzzle gives you plenty of
    potential. The gin card is your straight flush, buteven a standard flush or
    straight adds a ton of expected return value to the equation.

12. One Pair (Aces)

    Aces are king in this game, so it makes
    perfect sense to see one pair of them ranked ahead of two pair in anything else.
    When it doubt, roll with as many aces as you can – provided you don’t have a
    higher ranked option to choose from.

13. Two Pair

    At this point the list enters the finer points of
    video poker strategy, so you’ll be playing with those tricky three and four
    card draws, along with a few lesser pat hands. You’ll find a ton of variation
    here, and it may seem daunting at first, but you have all the time in the world
    to check for hands and draws, run through this portion of the list, and identify
    the best play. And before you know it, that process will become second nature.

14. Three to a Royal Flush (JQK)
15. One Pair(Kings)
16. Three to a Royal Flush (TJQ)
17. One Pair (Jacks or Queens)
18. Four to a Flush
19. Three to a Royal Flush (TJK, TQK, TJA, TQA, TKA, JQA, JKA, QKA)
20. Four to a Straight (89TJ, 9TJQ, TJQK)
21. One Pair (2s through 10s)
22. Four to a Straight (2345, 3456, 4567, 5678, 6789, 789T)
23. Three to a Straight Flush (345, 456, 567, 678, 789, 89T, 89J,
    8TJ, 8JQ, 9TJ, 9TQ, 9JQ, 9JK, 9QK)
24. Four to a Straight (JQKA)
25. Two to a Royal Flush: (JQ, JK, QK, JA, QA, KA)
26. Four to a Straight (9JQK, TJQA, TJKA, TQKA)
27. Three to a Straight Flush (Ace low, 234, 235, 245, 346, 356,
    457, 467, 568, 578, 679, 689, 78T, 78J, 79J, 79T, 7TJ, 89Q, 8TQ, 9TK)
28. Three to a Straight (JQK)
29. Four to a Straight (89JQ, 8TJQ, 9TJK, 9TQK)
30. Two to a Straight (JQ)
31. One High Card (Ace)
32. Two to a Royal Flush (TJ)
33. Two to a Straight (JK, QK)
34. Three to a Flush (2TK through 8TK)
35. Two to a Royal Flush(TQ, TK)
36. One High Card (J, Q, K)
37. Three to a Straight Flush (236, 246, 256, 347, 357, 367, 458,
    468, 478, 569, 579, 589, 67T, 68T, 69T)
38. Four to a Straight (2346, 2356, 2456, 3457, 3467, 3567, 4568,
    4578, 4678, 5679, 5689, 5789, 678T, 679T, 689T)
39. Discard everything

Don’t get us wrong now… we know a 39 entry list is a tough pill to swallow.
But upon closer inspection, you’ll only need to really focus on the center of
the list, as the top 12 hands or so play themselves in pretty straightforward
fashion. That is to say, when you see a straight onscreen and nothing else,
you’ll hold it without a second thought.

The list is really meant to help you decipher the borderline close calls that
come when we hold multiple hands and / or draws at the same time – as in that
example hand of Ac Ad 4c 4h 2c from earlier.

In this case, we’re faced with three primary choices: hold the two pair (A A
4 4), hold the three card straight flush draw (Ac 4c 2c), or hold the single
pair of Aces (A A). Each choice has its merits at first glance, but only one can
be mathematically optimal in terms of offering the highest expected return.

To put the list into action, let’s scan for those three hands and see what we
find.

As it turns out, this decision was closer than one might think, as one pair
of Aces is ranked #12, while two pair ranks just lower at #13. And bringing up
the rear is that long shot three card straight flush draw using low cards, which
clocks in at #27.

Thus, while it’s about as close as can be, proper strategy for Double Double
Bonus Poker Plus advises you to hold one pair of aces above two pair. The reason
being, one pair of aces can produce those massive bonus payouts when you find
the other two for quads.

And with that, you’ve successfully used optimal video poker strategy to make
the best possible play.

Now, you just need to repeat the process a few hundred thousand times and
you’ll be in business.

Double Double Bonus Poker Plus Variants

It’s quite clear in the title alone that Double Double Bonus Poker Plus is
the video poker world’s proverbial “mutt.”

Take the Bonus Poker concept, add the Double Double offshoot, and mix Plus
payouts to produce an amalgamation of all three:

• Bonus Poker

  If Jacks or Better
  started it all, Bonus Poker began the branching off that has produced so many
  popular variants. Dividing the four of a kind hands into different tiers may
  seem basic today, but this revolutionary addition changed the pay table, the
  hand rankings, and thus, the strategy used to play perfectly.

• Bonus Poker Plus

  Looking to please
  those players who routinely made quads on Bonus Poker, but only in the inferior
  5s through Kings tier, IGT rolled out Bonus Poker Plus. In this case, the Plus
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  coin payout on four of a kind in any rank.

• Double Bonus Poker

  IGT does love its
  sequels, so Double Bonus Poker does exactly what the title implies, taking Bonus
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• Double Double Bonus

  A bona fide
  classic, Double Double Bonus Poker further divides four of a kind hands by
  introducing low card kickers. With no less than five quad hands on the board –
  ranging from the 400 coin four Aces and a 2, 3, or 4 kicker to 50 coins on four
  5s through Kings – this game turns up the action and gives players plenty of
  jackpot scenarios to chase.

• Double Bonus Poker Plus

  This is an
  odd one, as it uses the alignment of your cards – and not just their rank – to
  award bonus payouts. Four of a kind is still the goal, but instead of searching
  for low card kickers, Double Bonus Poker Plus prioritizes adjacent quads – or
  four of a kind running consecutively from left to right.

Where to Find Double Double Bonus Poker Plus Games (Online or Off)

Once you’ve developed a passion for a particular video poker product –
whether it be a certain variant or pay table – chances are high you’ll favor
those machines for life.

No problems there, as we all have our preferred venue for video poker. But
when it comes time to hunt your chosen game down, locating a certain machine
offering a particular pay table can be difficult indeed.

Hundreds of casinos spread thousands upon thousands of machines, and those
are moved, exchanged, and shuffled around on a constant basis. Unless they’re
prepared to scour the floor of several different casinos, on a regular basis,
while taking notes along the way – many players simply accept games and payouts
that aren’t up to snuff.

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Now, as we’ve mentioned already, Double Double Video Poker Plus isn’t exactly
a popular variant. And we’re not just talking in comparison to its classic
cousin Double Double Bonus Poker. No, this new version is just a dud in terms of
product placement, with only a handful of machines scattered around the entire
continent.

To save you some time – every minute counts for video poker grinders, after
all – we’ve run through the searches so you don’t have to. Without further ado,
each and every one of the Double Double Bonus Poker Plus machines out there
today can be found below:

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Iowa

• Prairie Meadows Casino Racetrack & Hotel
• 1 Prairie Meadows Dr, Altoona, IA 50009
• Five $5 machines; One $1 / $2 machine; both use 8 / 5 pay table

Nevada (Laughlin)

• Aquarius Casino & Resort
• 1900 South Casino Drive, Laughlin, NV 89029
• Ten $0.25 machines; all use 9 / 6 full pay table

Nevada (Reno)

• Silver Legacy Resort & Casino
• 407 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89501
• Several $1 machines; all use 9 / 6 full pay table

North Carolina

• Harrah’s Cherokee Hotel & Casino
• 777 Casino Dr, Cherokee, NC 28719
• Six $5 machines; all use 9 / 6 full pay table

As for the internet casino arena, Double Double Bonus Poker Plus lacks the
widespread popularity required to earn online adaptation.

None of the major software providers seem to have added the game, and as a
seven year old concept that’s fading fast from the land based industry, it’s
doubtful that they ever will

Conclusion

Double Double Bonus Poker Plus is a game that doesn’t seem to serve any
discernible purpose.

When you consider the near perfection offered by the first Double Double
Bonus Poker – which clocks in at a slight positive expectation for the full pay
table – there’s really no need to try and improve on a classic. And yet, IGT
attempted to fuse the game with its Plus concept, using the simple addition of a
single new hand. This just isn’t enough to set Double Double Bonus Poker Plus
apart from the pack.

And the video poker playing public appears to agree, as the game is bordering
on the verge of extinction in 2017. You’ll still find a few running around the
country, as we just showed, but those are outliers in a crowded landscape
dominated by the true Double Double Bonus Poker machines.

In our final verdict, Double Double Bonus Poker Plus is a hard pass, due to a
combination of creativity free design and general scarcity.

The Game

”Deuces Wild” refers to a number of very popular video poker games, with each one of them utilizing a deck of 52 cards. All four Deuces (Twos) represent wild cards, which means that a player may use any Deuce as a replacement for any card, so that he/she gets a complete winning hand. As there are four wild cards to facilitate the completion of a winning hand, in these games the lowest rank for a winning combination is Three of a Kind. Profitable play in Deuces Wild requires the selection of a good game and, of course, accuracy.

Deuces Wild has an array of variations and the majority of them offer low returns. The games with the best payouts sometimes may rank as the top play, which a casino would offer. There are two appropriate gaming options one may choose between – Full-Pay Deuces Wild and Not-So-Ugly Deuces Wild. It is worth noting that such labels were given to the games by players, not by casinos or manufacturers of video poker machines. These names will not be found on machines in any casino.

”Full-Pay Deuces Wild” (FPDW) is also a reference to the game's pay table. This game variation will pay 5 coins per 1-coin bet for a combination such as Four of a Kind and 15 coins per 1-coin bet for a combination such as Five of a Kind. It enjoys the greatest popularity among casino players, as it provides the largest expected return (100.76%). This game may be found on machines with quarter-denominations at a few casinos in Las Vegas.

Another game variation, which requires a similar playing strategy, is the ”pseudo Full-Pay Deuces Wild” (pFPDW), with ”pseudo” meaning ”false”. This game will pay 5 coins per 1-coin bet for a combination such as Four of a Kind and only 12 coins per 1-coin bet for a combination such as Five of a Kind.

Now, let us take a look at the pay tables for both game variations.

Deuces Wild Pay Table
FPDW	pFPDW
Royal Flush	800	800
Four Deuces	200	200
Royal Flush w/2	25	20
Five of a Kind	15	12
Straight Flush	9	9
Four of a Kind	5	5
Full House	3	3
Flush	2	2
Straight	2	2
Three of a Kind	1	1
Expected Return	100.76%	98.94%

As we said, there are plenty of Deuces Wild games, which offer low returns. It is why our guide ignores them, so that we can focus on those, which pay generously, including the games paying more for four Deuces.

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Double Deuces

Unlike the traditional Full-Pay Deuces Wild game, which pays 200 coins per 1-coin bet for a Four Deuces combination, the Double Deuces game pays out 400 coins per 1-coin bet for that same hand. The playing strategy for this game appears close to that for Full-Pay Deuces Wild. Below we are able to examine the pay table for two of its variations, which are obviously casino advantage games (ER<100.00%):

Double Deuces Pay Table
16 / 11	15 / 10
Royal Flush	800	800
Four Deuces	400	400
Royal Flush w/2	25	25
Five of a Kind	16	15
Straight Flush	11	10
Four of a Kind	4	4
Full House	3	3
Flush	2	2
Straight	2	2
Three of a Kind	1	1
Expected Return	99.62%	98.86%

Loose Deuces

This game offers 500 coins per 1-coin bet for a Four Deuces combination, or 2.5 times more compared to the traditional Full-Pay Deuces Wild. The best pay table for the game is now part of the history. In the past one could be able to encounter a 17/10 variation of the game with an expected return of 101.6%. However, casinos and other establishments came to realize that providing players with such a huge advantage would undermine their profitability. But still, the game variation paying the least is 12/8, which offers an expected return of 99.20%, or well above the average return. Below we are able to examine the pay table for three variations of Loose Deuces:

Loose Deuces Pay Table
15 / 10	15 / 8	12 / 8
Royal Flush	800	800	800
Four Deuces	500	500	500
Royal Flush w/2	25	25	25
Five of a Kind	15	15	12
Straight Flush	10	8	8
Four of a Kind	4	4	4
Full House	3	3	3
Flush	2	2	2
Straight	2	2	2
Three of a Kind	1	1	1
Expected Return	100.97%	100.15%	99.20%

Triple Deuces

Only one pay table is to be found for this game. It is a game of contradiction. In case a player draws a hand such as Four Deuces or a Royal Flush, there will be a generous payout. In all other cases, the player is likely to remain disappointed. Below we can observe the one and only pay table:

Triple Deuces Pay Table
Royal Flush	800
Four Deuces	600
Royal Flush w/2	20
Five of a Kind	10
Straight Flush	8
Four of a Kind	4
Full House	3
Flush	2
Straight	2
Three of a Kind	1
Expected Return	99.92%

Full Flush Poker

The Strategy

Poker Payout Sheets

We are going to present the play strategy for Full-Pay Deuces Wild in a table form, where the possible combinations are shown in order, with the highest-ranking hand being on top. The table should be examined from top to bottom, so that one is able to locate the particular hand he/she was dealt. The first column of the table shows the different hands dealt, while the second one points out which cards, if any, one needs to hold. After a player has found the specific combination, he/she needs to conform with the instructions in the second column, unless, of course, his/her situation matches one of the exceptions in the third column. If the latter is true, the player needs to conform with the instructions in the third column, where exceptions are presented in order of relevance. If number one exception matches one's situation, he/she needs to follow it. If not, he/she will need to move further to the number two exception and etc. The fourth column features actions one should never take when dealt that particular hand. It includes useful information, which could prevent costly mistakes.

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Dealt Hand (What is available)	What needs to be done	Exceptions	Actions one should avoid
Natural Royal Flush	Hold a Natural Royal Flush (no Deuces)	None	1. One should abstain from selecting the Double Down option, which may be available.
Wild Royal Flush	Hold Wild Royal Flush (one, two, or three Deuces)	1. In progressive Full-Pay Deuces Wild paying over 5 400 coins, in case one has one Deuce, he/she needs to discard the Deuce and keep four to a Natural Royal Flush.	1. One should never keep three Deuces instead of the Wild Royal Flush. He/she should hold the Wild Royal Flush. 2. Unless playing a progressive Full-Pay Deuces Wild paying over 5 400 coins, one should never keep four to a Natural Royal Flush instead of the Wild Royal Flush. He/she should hold the Wild Royal Flush.
Four Deuces	Hold Four Deuces	None	None
Five of a Kind	Hold Five of a Kind	1. One should keep three Deuces instead of five Threes, Fours, Fives, Sixes, Sevens, Eights, or Nines.	1. One should never keep five Threes, Fours, Fives, Sixes, Sevens, Eights, or Nines when dealt three Deuces. He/she should hold the Deuces only.
Straight Flush	Hold Straight Flush	1. One should keep three Deuces.	1. One should never keep a Straight Flush when dealt three Deuces. He/she should hold the Deuces only.
Four of a Kind	Hold Four of a Kind	1. One should keep three Deuces.	1. One should never keep Four of a Kind when dealt three Deuces. He/she should hold the Deuces only.
Full House	Hold Full House	None	None
Flush	Hold Flush	1. One should keep four to a Natural Royal Flush or four to a Wild Royal Flush. 2. One should keep four to a Straight Flush, in case they include two Deuces and two cards Six and higher, with 0 gaps. 3. One should keep two Deuces.	1. One should never keep a Flush over four to a Natural or Wild Royal Flush. He/she should hold the four to a Royal. 2. One should never keep a Flush over four to a Straight Flush with two Deuces, two cards Six and higher, with 0 gaps. He/she should hold the four cards only. 3. One should never keep a Flush when dealt two Deuces. He/she should hold the Deuces only.
Straight	Hold Straight	1. One should keep four to a Royal Flush or four to a Wild Royal Flush. 2. One should keep four to a Straight Flush, in case they include two Deuces and two cards Six and higher, with 0 gaps. 3. One should keep two Deuces.	1. One should never keep a Straight over four to a Natural or Wild Royal Flush. He/she should hold the four to Royal Flush. 2. One should never keep a Straight over four to a Straight Flush with two Deuces, two cards Six and higher, with 0 gaps. He/she should hold the four cards only. 3. One should never keep a Straight when dealt two Deuces. He/she should hold the Deuces only.
Three of a Kind	Hold Three of a Kind	1. One should keep four to a Wild Royal Flush. 2. One should keep four to a Straight Flush, in case they include two Deuces and two cards Six and higher, with 0 gaps. 3. One should keep two Deuces. 4. One should keep four to a Straight Flush, in case they include one Deuce and three cards Five and higher, with 0 gaps.	1. One should never keep Three of a Kind over four to a Wild Royal Flush. He/she should hold the four to a Wild Royal. 2. One should never keep Three of a Kind over four to a Straight Flush with two Deuces, two cards Six and higher, with 0 gaps. He/she should hold the four to the Straight Flush. 3. One should never keep Three of a Kind when dealt two Deuces. He/she should hold the Deuces only. 4. One should never keep Three of a Kind over four to a Straight Flush with one Deuce, three cards Five and higher, with 0 gaps. He/she should hold the four to a Straight Flush.
Two Pair	Hold one Pair!	1. One should keep three to a Royal Flush.	1. One should never keep one Pair over three to a Royal Flush. He/she should keep the three to a Royal Flush. 2. One should never keep both pairs when dealt Two Pair. He/she should hold one pair only.
One Pair (0 Deuces)	Hold the Pair	1. One should keep three to a Royal Flush.	1. One should never keep a Pair over three to a Royal Flush. He/she should hold three to a Royal.
Four to a Flush	Hold Four to a Flush	1. One should keep three to a Natural Royal Flush. 2. One should keep three to a Wild Royal Flush, unless one is an Ace. Then, he/she should hold the Deuce only. 3. One should keep three to a Straight Flush, in case they include one Deuce, two cards Six and higher, with 0 gaps. 4. One should keep one Deuce.	1. One should never keep four to a Flush over three to a Natural Royal Flush. He/she should keep the three to a Royal Flush. 2. One should never keep three to a Wild Royal Flush, if one of the cards is an Ace. He/she should hold the Deuce only. 3. One should never keep a Four Flush over three to a Straight Flush with one Deuce, two cards Six and higher, with 0 gaps. 4. One should never keep a four to a Flush with one Deuce. He/she should keep the Deuce only.
Four to a Straight (Open-Ended or Inside)	Hold Four to a Straight	1. One should keep three to a Natural Royal Flush. 2. One should keep three to a Wild Royal Flush, unless one is an Ace. Then, he/she should hold the Deuce only. 3. One should keep three to a Straight Flush, in case they include one Deuce, two cards Six and higher, with 0 gaps. 4. One should keep one Deuce. 5. In case an Inside Four-Straight includes an unsuited Ace, Three, Four and Five, one should keep nothing.	1. One should never keep four to a Straight over three to a Natural Royal Flush. He/she should keep the three to a Royal Flush. 2. One should never keep three to a Wild Royal Flush, if one of the cards is an Ace. He/she should hold the Deuce only. 3. One should never keep four to a Straight over three to a Straight Flush with one Deuce, two cards Six and higher, with 0 gaps. 4. One should never keep a four to a Straight with one Deuce. He/she should keep the Deuce only. 5. One should never keep an unsuited Ace, Three, Four and Five to a Straight. He/she should keep nothing.
Three to a Straight Flush (0 Deuces)	Hold Three to a Straight Flush	1. One should not keep three to a Straight Flush, in case the Ace is a low card.	1. One should never keep three to a Straight Flush, in case the Ace is a low card. If that is indeed the case, he/she should hold nothing.
Three to a Straight Flush (one Deuce)	Hold one Deuce	1. One should keep three to a Wild Royal Flush, unless one card is an Ace and there is either a Straight or a Flush Penalty. He/she should hold the Deuce only. 2. One should keep three to a Straight Flush, in case it includes one Deuce, two cards Six and higher, with 0 gaps.	1. One should never keep three to a Wild Royal Flush, in case one of the cards is an Ace and there is a Straight or a Flush Penalty. He/she should hold the Deuce only. 2. One should never keep only a Deuce over three to a Straight Flush with one Deuce, two cards Six and higher, with 0 gaps. He/she should hold the three to a Straight Flush.
High Cards	Hold nothing	1. One should keep three to a Royal Flush. 2. One should keep two to a Royal Flush, unless one of the cards is an Ace. If that is indeed the case, he/she should hold nothing. 3. One should keep two to a Royal Flush, unless either card has a Straight or a Flush Penalty. Penalty cards are not applicable to Jack and Ten, Queen and Jack, Queen and Ten combinations. If there is a penalty, one should hold nothing. 4. One should hold one Deuce.	1. One should never discard three to a Royal Flush. 2. One should never keep two to a Royal, in case one of the cards is an Ace. If that is indeed the case, he/she should hold nothing. 3. One should never discard a Deuce.