9/7/5 Double Bonus Strategy and Pay Table
9/7/5 Double Bonus raises all quad tiers, led by 160-for-1 for four aces. Its full house, flush, and straight pay 9, 7, and 5, while two pair drops to a 1-for-1 push.
- Perfect-play return
- 99.11%
- House edge
- 0.89%
- Sharper Edge volatility
- Highvolatility High, level 4 of 5
Overview
How this game plays
Ordinary two-pair hands no longer produce a profit, and ace-heavy draws gain value because the top quad pays one fifth of a royal. Sharper Edge rates the result High volatility and Advanced strategy.
The return shown is the configured long-run return at max bet with exact strategy, not a prediction for a single session.
Advanced
Who it suits
- Advanced players comfortable breaking some made hands for higher EV.
- Bonus Poker graduates learning stronger rank-specific quad incentives.
- Learners who want to contrast frequent pushes with rare premium quads.
9/7/5
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 Aces | 160 | 320 | 480 | 640 | 800 |
| Four 2s-4s | 80 | 160 | 240 | 320 | 400 |
| Four 5s-Kings | 50 | 100 | 150 | 200 | 250 |
| Full House | 9 | 18 | 27 | 36 | 45 |
| Flush | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 35 |
| Straight | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
| 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
Double Bonus pays 160-for-1 for four aces — a fifth of a royal — and the full house / flush / straight line reads 9/7/5, the best middle line in the bonus family. The funding comes from two pair, which pays only 1-for-1.
The configured perfect-play return is 99.11%. The pay table rewards exact ace and quad decisions while shifting value away from the two-pair outcomes that appear frequently in Jacks or Better.
What to practice
Strategy priorities
- 1Aces can justify breaking two pair because four aces pay 160-for-1.
- 2With any other two pair, keep both — only aces justify the break.
- 3Quad value pulls three-of-a-kind and pair holds up the table; expect more aggression than Jacks or Better.
- 4Two pair paying 1-for-1 is the quiet drain — it is a push, not a win.
Worked decision
Break aces-up in Double Bonus
Discard both sevens and K♠; hold only the aces.
Aces alone: 1.753 EV per coin · both pairs: 1.681.
The 160-for-1 four-aces award changes a decision that goes the other way in Bonus Poker Deluxe. This is why a strategy chart must match the exact bonus game, not just the visible two-pair hand.
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
9/7/5 Double Bonus changes both the payouts and the decision priorities. Percentage-point deltas below use 9/6 Jacks or Better as the reference.
| Metric | 9/7/5 Double Bonus | 9/6 baseline | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perfect-play return | 99.11% | 99.54% | ▼ −0.43 pp |
| House edge | 0.89% | 0.46% | ▲ +0.43 pp |
| Sharper Edge volatility | High | Low | ▲ +2 levels |
Keep comparing
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Turn the pay table into a decision habit
Practice 9/7/5 Double Bonus with all 32 holds ranked by exact EV, then review the cost of every decision separately from the cards you happened to draw.