9/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe Strategy and Pay Table
9/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe gives every four of a kind the same 80-for-1 payout. It restores the full 9/6 middle of Jacks or Better, then funds the quad award by reducing two pair to a 1-for-1 push.
- Perfect-play return
- 99.64%
- House edge
- 0.36%
- Sharper Edge volatility
- Mediumvolatility Medium, level 3 of 5
Overview
How this game plays
The quad table is simple because rank and kicker do not matter, but everyday two-pair results return only the wager. Sharper Edge rates it Medium volatility because more of the configured 99.64% return is concentrated in four-of-a-kind outcomes.
The return shown is the configured long-run return at max bet with exact strategy, not a prediction for a single session.
Intermediate
Who it suits
- Intermediate players who want a strong no-wild configured return.
- Learners who prefer uniform quad awards before tackling kicker tables.
- Players practicing the strategic effect of two pair paying only 1-for-1.
9/6
Full pay table and rules
Payouts below are credits returned for wagers of one through five coins. Sharper Edge practice always uses the five-coin maximum, highlighted at right.
| Hand | 1 coin | 2 coins | 3 coins | 4 coins | 5 coins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Flush | 250 | 500 | 750 | 1,000 | 4,000* |
| Straight Flush | 50 | 100 | 150 | 200 | 250 |
| Four of a Kind | 80 | 160 | 240 | 320 | 400 |
| 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 |
| Jacks or Better | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
No wild cards. Minimum paying hand: a pair of jacks or better. Standard play uses a 52-card deck, a five-card deal, one draw, and any hold from zero through five cards.
*The starred royal category returns 250-for-1 below max bet and 800-for-1 at the five-coin maximum. Return and edge shown on this page assume max bet and exact strategy.
Pay-table identity
What makes it different
Deluxe flattens the quad ladder: every four of a kind pays 80-for-1, aces or sevens alike. The full house and flush are back to a full 9/6 — but two pair only pays 1-for-1, the same as a high pair.
That two-pair cut is the whole story. Return is pushed into the quads, which is why a 99.64% game — the best return of the no-wild games here — still plays noticeably swingier than Jacks or Better.
What to practice
Strategy priorities
- 1All quads pay the same 80-for-1, so there are no kicker rules to learn — the simplest bonus game at the pay-table level.
- 2Two pair is a push rather than a profit; watch how that changes session decomposition.
- 3Do not break aces-up automatically. On the complete example below, keeping both pairs beats holding only the aces.
- 4The configured 99.64% return is the highest among the no-wild tables included here.
Worked decision
Keep aces-up intact
Discard K♠ and keep both pairs.
Both pairs: 1.681 EV per coin · aces alone: 1.531.
Although four aces would pay 80-for-1, that premium does not overcome the value of drawing one card to the complete two-pair hand. Double Bonus makes the opposite choice on these same cards.
EV is per coin and comes from enumerating every legal draw for this exact five-card deal.
Baseline
Compared with 9/6 Jacks or Better
9/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe changes both the payouts and the decision priorities. Percentage-point deltas below use 9/6 Jacks or Better as the reference.
| Metric | 9/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe | 9/6 baseline | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perfect-play return | 99.64% | 99.54% | ▲ +0.10 pp |
| House edge | 0.36% | 0.46% | ▼ −0.10 pp |
| Sharper Edge volatility | Medium | Low | ▲ +1 levels |
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Turn the pay table into a decision habit
Practice 9/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe with all 32 holds ranked by exact EV, then review the cost of every decision separately from the cards you happened to draw.