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DOUBLE BONUS

 


Introduction

Double Bonus is a variation of Jacks or Better with increased payouts for 4 of a Kind and decreased payouts for several of the other hands. The three highest paying hands are Royal Flush, 4 Aces, and 4 of a Kind 2-4. Double Bonus is available with Microgaming, Cryptologic, Real Time Gaming, Boss Media, and Grand Virtual.

 

Strategy

Strategy for Double Bonus is listed below. In the tables below, select the lowest numbered choice that you can form with your initial hand, then discard the remaining cards. Note that "high card" indicates Jack to Ace.

Double Bonus: Standard Pay Table

1 Royal Flush, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush
2 4 to a Royal Flush
3 3 Aces
4 Full House, Flush
5 3 of a Kind, 2-K
6 Straight
7 4 to Straight Flush
8 Pair Aces
9 Two Pair
10 3 to a Royal Flush, TJQ, JQK
11 4 to a Flush
12 Pair J-K
13 3 to a Royal Flush, Other
14 4 to Straight, No Gap
15 Pair 2-4
16 3 to Straight Flush, 9TJ, 9JQ
17 Pair 5-T
18 3 to Straight Flush, No Gap or 1 Gap & High Card
19 3 to Straight Flush, 2 High Cards
20 4 to Straight, 3 High Cards
21 Suited QJ, KQ, KJ
22 3 to Straight Flush, 1 Gap or 2 Gaps & High Card
23 3 to Flush, 2 High Cards
24 Suited AK, AQ, AJ
25 4 to Straight, 2 High Cards
26 JQK, TJQ
27 4 to Straight, 1 High Card
28 Suited TJ
29 3 to Flush, 1 High Card
30 3 to Straight Flush, Other
31 Suited TQ
32 JQ, QK, JK
33 A, J
34 Suited TK
35 Q, K
36 4 to Straight, No High Cards
37 3 to Flush, No High Cards
38 Redraw

 

  

 

 

Double Bonus Paytables

Most casino softwares that offer Double Bonus use the standard 99.11% payout table. This includes Microgaming, Cryptologic, Boss Media, Grand Virtual, and Gale Wind. RTG casinos use one of two paytables -- one with a 99.37% payout and one with a 98.57% payout. Playtech does not offer Double Bonus. See the payout calculator for estimating payout with other paytables.

Hand Improved RTG Standard Double Bonus Reduced RTG DGS G-Fed
Royal Flush 800 800 800 800 800
Straight Flush 50 50 50 50 50
4 Aces 160 160 160 160 160
4 2-4 80 80 80 80 80
4 5-K 45 50 40 50 50
Full House 10 9 10 9 7
Flush 7 7 7 6 5
Straight 5 5 5 4 4
3 of a Kind 3 3 3 3 3
Two Pairs 1 1 1 1 1
Jacks or Better 1 1 1 1 1
Nothing 0 0 0 0 0
Payout 99.37% 99.11% 98.57% 96.38% 93.11%

 

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