Video poker is one of the few casino games where the player's input has a major effect on the outcome of the game. Every time you push Deal you receive five new cards and have a total of thirty-two ways to play the hand. To be a successful video poker player, you have to make the best choice out of those thirty-two options as often as possible.

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The following video poker strategy is for 9/7/5 Double Bonus Poker. 9/7/5 Double Bonus Poker To use the strategy, look up all of the reasonable ways to play a hand, and choose the play that is highest on the list. While optimal strategy returns 99.1065%, the strategy presented below is the optimal 'exceptionless' strategy, which returns 99.1012%. This page shows my strategy for 10/6 Double Double Bonus Poker. With optimal strategy, the expected return of 10/6 Double Double Bonus is 100.07%. 10/6 Double Double Bonus is hard to find, but does exist at some Vegas casinos. This strategy will also work fine for 9/6 Double Double Bonus (with a return of 98.98%). Practice Double Bonus at Bovada Casino now! On this page we're going to discuss what I believe is the best possible strategy for playing Double Bonus video poker. By using this strategy you will be able to achieve a return of over 100%, which means that you can actually beat the house edge. December 30, 2019 By Riley Wilson - To get paid at Double Double Bonus Poker, you need at least a Jacks or Better hand. Video Poker is one of the most popular casino games. Its popularity owes to the fact that the player can lower the house edge and beat the game by utilising the proper strategy.

Since computers can mathematically analyze all thirty-two ways to play any given hand, it is possible to figure out the absolutely correct decision for every hand you receive. However, most players don't carry around high powered computers when they are in the casino, so how is this useful?

Well, fortunately for us, some video poker experts have taken it upon themselves to analyze every single hand that can come off the deck, and assemble their findings into easy to read charts that teach players how to play. Below we have strategy charts for the most common video poker games:

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Most of our pages above list just an expert-level strategy chart that will get you to within 0.1% of the maximum payout percentage for the respective game. Some of the pages also list a beginner-level strategy chart that isn't as accurate, but is easier to follow. If you want to play video poker on your PC check out our guide here. Alternatively, you can also have a look at this site's list of ipad video poker app for real money.

How to Use a Video Poker Strategy Chart

The strategy charts on our site are actually very simple to understand, but to a beginner they may be a bit overwhelming at the start. To use a chart you follow these steps:

1. Analyze your hand. Make sure you look at all five of your cards before looking at the chart.
2. Start at the top of the chart and work down. You are looking for any spots on the chart where your hand matches up. For example, if you had four hearts in your hand as well as a pair of Kings, it would match up with 'Four to a Flush' as well as 'High Pair'.
3. Once you find a couple matches for your hand, observe which one is highest on the chart. Hold the cards indicated by the highest match.

If you still are a little confused, check out the below example to clear things up:

An Example Hand Analysis

Imagine you are playing a normal Deuces Wild video poker machine. You push 'Draw', and are dealt the hand below:

Ok, so what do we have here as far as options? Well, first of all, we have a Pat Straight, Seven to Jack - a made hand. We also have four clubs, so we have Four to a Flush. If we look at the chart below (a condensed strategy chart for Deuces Wild), we can see that a Pat Straight is just above Four to a Flush, so the Pat Straight is the better hand of the two.

Hand	Expected Return	Example
Pat Royal Flush	800.0000	Th-Jh-Qh-Kh-Ah
Royal Flush Draw	19.5957	Th-Jh-Qh-Kh-4h
Pat Straight Flush	10.0000	6h-7h-8h-9h-Th
Four of a Kind	6.2128	Ac-Ad-As-Ah-5c
Pat Full House	4.0000	Ac-Ad-As-Js-Jc
Pat Flush	3.0000	Ac-Jc-6c-5c-4c
Three of a Kind	2.0176	Ac-Ad-As-Js-Tc
Four to a Straight Flush	1.5745	4c-5c-6c-7c-Js
Three to a Royal	1.3053	Ks-Qs-Js-9c-4c
Pat Straight	1.0000	4c-5s-6h-7h-8h
Four to a Flush	0.7660	Ac-Jc-6c-5c-4h

But wait! Since all we need for a straight flush is the nine of clubs, we also have Four to a Straight Flush. Because Four to a Straight Flush is higher on the chart than both a Pat Straight and Four to a Flush, the correct play here is to hold the four clubs and discard the nine of spades in hopes of hitting the Straight Flush.

See - it really isn't bad at all, as long as you pay attention to all the cards in your hand.

How Accurate are Strategy Charts?

Another intelligent question to ask is how accurate are these charts? If you find a game that returns 100.5%, but your chart has 0.6% error in it, then you are actually only playing at a 99.9% return - also known as a losing gamble.

Well, the charts on our site are on roughly accurate to within 0.1% of perfect play. So, if you find that game that returns 100.5%, you would be actually earning about 100.4% with our charts - not too bad. Not many charts get much closer than 0.1% because they would have to be extremely long and complicated to explain the subtle differences in rare hands.

Video Poker Strategy Software

There are quite a few programs out there than can develop custom strategy charts for all kinds of games with various pay tables. We have reviewed quite a few of these programs, here are links to our reviews:

My video poker strategy maker will give you a strategy for almost any form of video poker, including triple double bonus.

The strategy maker for triple double bonus doesn't show 2 high cards in the basic strategy but then shows two to a straight: JK listed as an exception. Maybe it is not complete.

9/7 TDB basic strategy:
http://wizardofodds.com/games/video-poker/strategy/a-1-b-120-c-1-d-0-d-1-d-1-d-2-d-4-d-7-d-9-d-50-d-80-d-160-d-400-d-800-d-50-d-800/
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TYPE OF PLAY PLAY DETAILS
Pat Hand
(more)Four 2's, 3's, 4's with any A,2,3,4; Four Aces with any 2,3,4; Straigh...
4 of a Kind
(more)2222; 3333; 4444; 5555; 6666; 7777; 8888; 9999; TTTT; JJJJ; QQQQ; KKKK...
4 to a Royal Flush TJQA; TJQK; TJKA; TQKA; JQKA
3 of a Kind + 1 Kicker 2223; 2224; 222A; 3332; 3334; 333A; 4442; 4443; 444A; AAA2; AAA3; AAA4
3 of a Kind 222; 333; 444; AAA
Pat Hand Straight; Flush; Full House
3 of a Kind 555; 666; 777; 888; 999; TTT; JJJ; QQQ; KKK
4 to a Straight Flush
(more)A234; A235; A245; A345; 2345; 2346; 2356; 2456; 3456; 3457; 3467; 3567...
1 Pair AA
2 Pair
(more)2233; 2244; 2255; 2266; 2277; 2288; 2299; 22TT; 22JJ; 22QQ; 22KK; 3344...
4 to a Flush
(more)2347; 2348; 2349; 234T; 234J; 234Q; 234K; 2357; 2358; 2359; 235T; 235J...
3 to a Royal Flush TJQ; TJK; TQK; JQA; JQK; JKA; QKA
1 Pair JJ; QQ; KK
3 to a Royal Flush TJA; TQA; TKA
1 Pair 22; 33; 44
4 to a Straight 2345; 3456; 4567; 5678; 6789; 789T; 89TJ; 9TJQ; TJQK
3 to a Straight Flush 789; 8JQ; 9TJ; 9JQ; 9JK; 9QK
1 Pair 88
3 to a Straight Flush 456; 9TQ
1 Pair 77
3 to a Straight Flush 345; 89J; 8TJ
1 Pair TT
3 to a Straight Flush 678
1 Pair 66
3 to a Straight Flush 89T
1 Pair 99
3 to a Straight Flush 567
1 Pair 55
4 to a Straight JQKA
3 to a Flush
(more)2JA; 2JQ; 2JK; 2QA; 2QK; 2KA; 3JA; 3JQ; 3JK; 3QA; 3QK; 3KA; 4JA; 4JQ...
2 to a Royal Flush JA; JQ; JK; QA; QK; KA
3 to a Straight Flush
(more)A23; A24; A25; A34; A35; A45; 234; 235; 245; 346; 356; 457; 467; 568...
4 to a Straight 9JQK; TJQA; TJKA; TQKA
3 to a Straight Flush 89Q; 8TQ; 9TK
3 to a Straight JQK
4 to a Straight 89JQ; 8TJQ; 9TJK; 9TQK
Single Card an Ace
3 to a Flush
(more)23J; 23Q; 24J; 24Q; 25J; 25Q; 26A; 26J; 26Q; 27A; 27J; 27Q; 27K; 28A...

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2 to a Royal Flush TJ
3 to a Flush 23K; 24K; 25K; 26K; 34K; 35K; 36K; 45K; 46K; 56K
3 to a Straight TJQ
2 to a Straight JQ (note QJT is better)
3 to a Straight Flush 458; 468; 478; 569; 579; 589; 67T; 68T; 69T
2 to a Royal Flush TQ
3 to a Straight Flush 236; 246; 256; 347; 357; 367
2 to a Straight JK; QK
2 to a Royal Flush TK
Single Card a Jack; a Queen; a King
3 to a Flush
(more)237; 238; 239; 23T; 247; 248; 249; 24T; 257; 258; 259; 25T; 267; 268...
4 to a Straight
(more)2346; 2356; 2456; 3457; 3467; 3567; 4568; 4578; 4678; 5679; 5689; 5789...

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2 to a Straight Flush 34
Garbage Discard everything

Thanks, is this considered one of the more difficult games to remember? Is there a simple strategy anywhere?

It's certainly more difficult than Jacks or Better.
The strategy linked to is complete. You can manually consolidate it into a simpler strategy using whatever notation you're comfortable with. If you follow only the basic strategy (and ignore the exceptions) then you're playing a game that returns 99.5761% (with the full-pay 9/7 paytable). Throw in the exceptions and you'll gain another 0.0017%. You're on your own for identifying the conditions which make each exception apply.

Thanks, is this considered one of the more difficult games to remember? Is there a simple strategy anywhere?

Versus most games yes, this one is more difficult. And nope, no simple strategy made. For most players, it's just better to play 9/6 JoB. Any game where the flush payout is 7 for 1 or higher is more difficult. Is there is a 9/7 TDB in your area even?
I wouldn't touch anything lower than 9/7 either.

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