SmartHold
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EIGHTY FOR EVERY QUAD
Bonus Deluxe
Strategy guide
A 9/6 Jacks ladder with two changes that pull opposite ways: every four of a kind pays 80 regardless of rank, and Two Pair returns only the bet. Draws gain ground; pairs quietly lose a little.
Built for full-pay Bonus Deluxe, 1-1-3-4-6-9-80-50-800.
REMEMBER THESE
The three rules that move the game
01
Rank never matters on quads
Four 5s pay exactly what Four Aces pay, and there is no kicker rule. Nothing about a low card or an Ace is worth chasing on its own.
02
Two Pair only returns the bet
Every hold that leans on making two pair — drawing five, a lone high card, a three-card royal — is worth slightly less here than on 9/6 Jacks. Pairs are not stronger in this game; they are weaker.
03
Marginal straight draws move up
Because the fallback holds lost value, a four-card inside straight is worth keeping even with no high card in it. Roughly one deal in forty is played differently from 9/6 Jacks, and most of those are this case.
DECISION LADDER
Scan from the top. Stop at the first match.
CORE ORDER
01
Pat royal, straight flush, or four of a kind
Keep it. Every quad pays 80, so there is no rank to chase.
02
Four to a royal flush
Still breaks a made flush, a made straight, or a paying pair.
03
Full house, flush, or straight
Keep the made hand: a 9-for-1 full house beats breaking back to trips.
04
Three of a kind
Draw two. With 80-for-1 quads this is worth about 6.6 coins — the strongest non-premium hold in the game.
05
Four to a straight flush
Keep the premium suited run.
06
Two pair, then Jacks or better
Two pair still wins even at even money; splitting it for one pair is worse.
07
Four to a flush, or three to a royal
When the flush draw already contains your three royal cards, keep the fourth flush card.
08
Low pair
Ahead of every four-card straight — and worth a shade less than the same pair on 9/6 Jacks.
09
Four-card outside straight
Eight outs at 4-for-1.
10
Four to an inside straight holding high cards
The inside draw outranks keeping only the high cards inside it.
11
High cards
Drop the Ace from an unsuited Ace-Jack, and the Ten from a suited King-Ten: the single high card is fractionally better.
12
Bare inside straight, then draw five
Four to an inside straight with no high card still beats a fresh five on this table.
Why this isn’t an exception chart
Suits, gaps, discarded cards, and custom payouts can move close hands. This ladder is the memory framework; SmartHold Practice compares all 32 holds for the exact deal.
COMMON TRAPS
Mistakes worth recognizing on sight
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Playing it like Bonus Poker
There are no rank tiers here. Low cards and Aces get no special treatment, before or after the draw.
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Reusing 9/6 Jacks pair habits
Two Pair pays 1, which shades lone high cards, three-card royals, and drawing five downward.
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Discarding a bare inside straight
With no pair and no high card, keep the four-card inside straight instead of taking five new cards.
TURN THE LADDER INTO INSTINCT
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