Double Double Jackpot Strategy

This page is going to provide you with the mathematically correct strategy for playing Double Double Jackpot video poker. Dbl. Dbl. Jackpot is a slight variant of Double Double bonus, as it uses slightly different kickers and payouts in the pay tables. The strategy on this page was created for use at full pay Double Double Jackpot video poker machines, which use the pay table we have listed below:

Hand:	Payout:
Royal Flush	800
Straight Flush	50
Four Aces w/ J, Q, K	320
Four Aces	160
Four Js-Ks w/ A, K, Q, J	160
Four Jacks-Kings	80
Four Twos-Tens	50
Full House	9
Flush	6
Straight	5
Three of a Kind	3
Two Pair	1
Jacks or Better	1

If you can find the above pay table, use our strategy, and play five coins per hand for the shot at the Royal Flush bonus, you'll be able to achieve a long run return of 100.34%, meaning that you're a favorite over the casino (in the long run).

Beginner Double Double Jackpot Strategy

Before we show you the full strategy chart, we'll summarize some of the tricky decisions below. If you're a new player this chart will get you to a good payout percentage, but not perfect. If you want to reach the perfect payout percentage, use the full chart later down on the page.

Here is how you should use the beginner's chart below:

Find your trouble hand on the chart.
Follow the chart's recommendation.

Here is the beginner's chart:

Pat Straight Flush vs. Royal Flush Draw » Keep the Straight Flush
Royal Flush Draw vs. Pat Flush » Keep the Royal Flush Draw
Three of a Kind Aces vs. Full House » Keep the Three Aces
Pat Straight vs. Straight Flush Draw » Keep the Straight
Two Pair vs. a Pair of Aces » Keep the Pair of Aces
Four to a Flush vs. Four to a Straight » Keep the Four to a Flush
Pair (Jacks through Aces) vs. Four to a Flush » Keep the Pair
Open Four to Straight vs. Pair (Twos through Tens) » Keep the Straight Draw
Inside Straight Draw vs. Discard Everything » Keep the Straight Draw

Expert Double Double Jackpot Strategy

Here is how you should use the chart below:

Start at the top of the chart and work down.
When you see a hand that matches up with yours, follow that strategy.

Example: Imagine you are dealt a full house, Ac-As-Ad-Kh-Ks. In this case, you'd match up with a few spots on the below chart - namely, a Pat Full House and Three of a Kind Aces. Even though a full house is a better made hand than three of a kind, you'll notice that Three Aces is higher on the chart. This is because the chance of making four of a kind Aces is very valuable, so you should ditch the full house and draw to the quad Aces.

Double Double Jackpot Strategy Chart

Here are the ranks for every possible Double Double Jackpot hand. Remember, find the highest match on the list for your hand and hold those cards. The middle column shows the expected return for the specific hand. In the example column, h = Hearts, s = Spades, c = Clubs, d = Diamonds, T = Ten, s = Suited.

Hand	Expected Return	Example
Pat Royal Flush	800.0000	Th-Jh-Qh-Kh-Ah
Four of a Kind Aces w/ K, Q, J	320.0000	Ac-Ah-As-Ad-Jc
Four of a Kind Aces	200.8511	Ac-Ah-Ad-As-3c
Four of a Kind Kings, Queens, Jacks w/ A, K, Q, J	160.0000	Jc-Jd-Jh-Js-Ac
Four of a Kind Kings, Queens, Jacks	100.4255	Kc-Kd-Ks-Kh-4h
Four of a Kind Twos-Tens	50.0000	2h-2s-2c-2d-7c
Pat Straight Flush	50.0000	6h-7h-8h-9h-Th
Royal Flush Draw	18.4894	Th-Jh-Qh-Kh-4h
Three of a Kind Aces	11.5328	Ac-Ad-Ah-Js-8c
Pat Full House	9.0000	Kh-Ks-Kd-Jc-Jd
Three of a Kind Jacks, Queens, Kings	7.3885	Jc-Jd-Js-8c-4s
Pat Flush	6.0000	Ac-Jc-6c-5c-4c
Three of a Kind Twos-Tens	5.3719	3c-3h-3d-8s-9s
Pat Straight	5.0000	4c-5s-6h-7h-8h
Open Straight Flush Draw	3.6085	4c-5c-6c-7c-Th
Inside Straight Flush Draw	2.3404	Qs-Js-9s-8s-4c
Pair of Aces	1.8419	Ac-Ad-Js-8c-5h
Two Pair	1.6809	3c-3s-4d-4h-Ac
Pair of Jacks, Queens, Kings	1.5755	Jc-Js-8d-6c-2h
Q-J-T suited (w/ no penalty*)	1.5458	Qh-Jh-Th-4d-3d
K-Q-J suited (w/ no penalty*)	1.5356	Kh-Qh-Jh-4c-3c
Q-J-T suited (w/ one Straight penalty*)	1.5245	Qh-Jh-Th-Kc-2c
K-Q-J suited (w/ one Straight penalty*)	1.4986	Kh-Qh-Jh-Tc-4c
Q-J-T suited (w/ one Flush penalty*)	1.4958	Qh-Jh-Th-4h-3c
K-Q-J suited (w/ one Flush penalty*)	1.4857	Kc-Qc-Jc-7c-4h
Q-J-T suited (w/ any two penalties*)	1.4588	Qs-Js-Ts-Kh-Jc
K-Q-J suited (w/ any two penalties*)	1.4468	Kh-Qh-Jh-Jc-Ts
K-Q-T suited, K-J-T suited (w/ no penalty*)	1.4357	Kh-Qh-Th-4c-3c
A-K-Qs, A-K-Js, A-Q-Js (w/ no penalty*)	1.4255	Ac-Kc-Jc-2h-3h
K-Q-Ts, K-J-Ts (w/ one Straight penalty*)	1.4144	Kh-Qh-Th-Jc-2c
A-K-Qs, A-K-Js, A-Q-Js (w/ one Straight penalty*)	1.4043	Ac-Kc-Qc-Jh-2h
K-Q-Ts, K-J-Ts (w/ one Flush penalty*)	1.3858	Kc-Qc-Tc-6c-2h
A-K-Qs, A-K-Js, A-Q-Js (w/ one Flush penalty*)	1.3756	Ac-Kc-Qc-6c-2h
K-Q-T suited, K-J-T suited (w/ two penalties*)	1.3645	Kh-Qh-Th-Jc-Qc
A-K-Qs, A-K-Js, A-Q-Js (w/ two penalties*)	1.3543	Ac-Kc-Qc-Ts-2c
A-K-Ts, A-Q-Ts, A-J-Ts(w/ no penalty*)	1.3256	Ac-Kc-Tc-2h-3h
A-K-Ts, A-Q-Ts, A-J-Ts (w/ one St. penalty*)	1.2988	Ac-Kc-Tc-Jh-2s
Four to a Flush	1.2127	Ac-Jc-8c-4c-2h
Open Four to a Straight	0.9149	Jc-Ts-9h-8c-2h
J-T-9 suited (w/ no penalty*)	0.7438	Jc-Tc-9c-4h-3h
Q-J-9 suited (w/ no penalty*)	0.7364	Qc-Jc-9c-4h-3h
Pair of Twos-Tens	0.7332	2c-2h-3s-6c-9d
J-T-9 suited (w/ one or more penalties*)	0.7253	Jc-Tc-9c-7s-3h
Q-J-9 suited (w/ one or more penalties*)	0.7179	Qc-Jc-9c-8h-3h
A-K-Q-J	0.6789	Ac-Ks-Jh-Ts-3s
Three to a Straight Flush, Open, No High Cards	0.6466	4c-5c-6c-Th-9h
Q-T-9 suited, J-T-8 suited, J-9-8 suited	0.6179	Jc-9c-8c-4h-3h
Four to a Straight, Inside, Three High Cards	0.6170	Qc-Js-Ts-8d-2h
K-Q-9 suited, K-J-9 suited, Q-J-8 suited	0.6105	Kc-Qc-9c-4h-2h
Q-J suited (w/ no or one penalty*)	0.5924	Qc-Jc-4h-8s-2h
K-Q suited, K-J suited (w/ no penalty*)	0.5869	Kc-Qc-8s-4h-2s
Q-J suited (w/ two penalties*)	0.5825	Qs-Js-Th-6c-4s
A-Ks, A-Qs, A-Js (w/ no penalty*)	0.5746	Ac-Kc-6s-9d-2h
K-Qs, K-Js (w/ one Flush penalty*)	0.5702	Ks-Qs-8s-6h-2h
Q-J suited (w/ three penalties*)	0.5702	Qs-Js-Tc-8c-2s
K-Qs, K-Js (w/ one or two Straight penalties*)	0.5666	Ks-Qs-Jc-9c-2h
A-Ks, A-Qs, A-Js (w/ one Straight penalty*)	0.5650	As-Ks-Tc-2h-6h
K-Qs, K-Js (w/ 1 St. penalty + 1 Flush penalty*)	0.5633	Ks-Qs-Tc-6s-4d
A-Ks, A-Qs, A-Js (w/ one Flush penalty*)	0.5579	Ac--Kc-9c-8-2d
K-Qs, K-Js (w/ three penalties*)	0.5566	Ks-Qs-Th-Td-2s
Four to a Straight, Inside, Two High Cards	0.5532	Qs-Jd-9c-8h-2s
A-Ks, A-Qs, A-Js (w/ two penalties*)	0.5463	Ac-Kc-9c-Ts-2h
3 to a St. Flush, 1 Gap, 0 Hi Cards (no penalty*)	0.5328	4h-5h-7h-9c-Tc
3 to a St. Flush, 2 Gaps, 1 Hi Card (no penalty*)	0.5246	4h-6h-8h-Jc-2s
K-Q-J	0.5199	Kh-Qs-Jc-4c-2h
3 to a St. Flush, 1 Gap, 0 Hi Cards (St. penalty*)	0.5180	5h-6h-8h-9c-2s
3 to a St. Flush, 2 Gaps, 1 High Card (St. penalty*)	0.5079	8h-Th-Qh-9c-2s
Q-J-T	0.4940	Qc-Jd-Th-7s-2d
J-T suited (w/ no penalty*)	0.4920	Jc-Tc-6s-4d-2d
Four to a Straight, Inside, One High Card	0.4894	Jc-Ts-9d-7h-2s
Q-J	0.4869	Qc-Jh-7d-5c-2h
J-T suited (w/ one Flush penalty*)	0.4753	Js-Ts-6s-4c-2h
K-Q, K-J	0.4698	Ks-Qc-8h-5h-3d
J-T suited (w/ one or two Straight penalties*)	0.4656	Js-Ts-8c-7c-2h
A-K, A-Q, A-J	0.4649	Ac-Kh-9d-7c-4s
Ace (w/ no flush penalty*)	0.4614	Ad-Tc-7s-4s-2h
Q-T suited (w/ no penalty*)	0.4590	Qc-Tc-7s-5h-2s
J-Ts (w/ 1 Straight penalty + 1 Flush penalty*)	0.4588	Js-Ts-8c-2s-5h
Ace (w/ one or more flush penalties*)	0.4559	Ah-9h-Jc-7s-6d
Jack (w/ no flush penalty*)	0.4535	Jd-9s-7c-4h-2h
Queen (w/ no flush penalty*)	0.4425	Qc-9s-8d-5h-2h
Q-T suited (w/ one flush penalty*)	0.4416	Qc-Tc-8s-4d-2h
Jack (w/ one or more flush penalties*)	0.4400	Jc-8c-5c-4s-2h
K-T suited (w/ no flush penalty*)	0.4394	Kc-Tc-7s-4d-2h
King (w/ no flush penalty*)	0.4388	Kc-Js-8d-6d-3h
Queen (w/ one or more flush penalties*)	0.4388	Qc-8c-5s-3h-2h
King (w/ one or more flush penalties*)	0.4348	Kc-9c-8s-5d-2h
3 to a St. Flush, 2 Gaps, 0 Hi Cards, 0 penalties	0.4265	9c-7c-5c-3s-2h
Four to a Straight, Inside, 0 Hi Cards	0.4255	9c-8s-7d-5h-2d
Everything Else » Draw Five New Cards	0.3308	10s-8c-6d-4s-2h

*Penalty cards are any cards which you plan to discard that hurt your chances of completing a draw. For example, if you have 7c-9c-Jc-8s-5h and plan to keep the 7c-9c-Jc, the 8s that you're discarding actually hurts you because there is one less card in the deck that completes your straight. However, it still makes sense to discard the 8s because you have better expected return going for the straight flush than to draw to the inside straight.

Straight (St.) penalty cards mean cards that interfere w/ a hand's possibility of making a straight. Flush penalty cards mean cards that interfere w/ a hand's possibility of making a flush. High Pair (HP) penalty cards mean cards that interfere w/ a hand's possibility of making a high pair (a pair Jacks or better).

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