Double Double Bonus – Power Poker Slot Review
A deep royal-blue glow, no table, no dealer: this game strips the card room down to a deck and a pay table floating in empty space. What sits in that void is one of the more complete video poker packages around. Flip Five Gaming have built it around Double Double Bonus, the four-of-a-kind variant that splits its quads into pay tiers, where the hold-and-draw decisions are worth more than any visual a reel slot could offer.
The numbers: a 98.98% RTP at five coins per hand, 97.83% at one to four, medium volatility, a 44.72% hit frequency and an 800x ceiling at the top of the pay table. Stakes run from 0.25 to 25.00, and the hand count is yours to choose.
Playing the Hand
This is standard video poker, played with one 52-card deck per hand, shuffled fresh before every game. You’re dealt five cards face up as a decision hand, you choose which to hold, and the rest are replaced on the draw. The aim is the strongest five-card poker hand you can assemble.
One win is paid per hand, and where multiple winning hands exist in a multi-hand game it’s the highest ranked one that pays. There are no wild cards in this game at all, so every hand is exactly what the five cards make it.
The pay table is where Double Double Bonus earns its name. Premium four-of-a-kind combinations are separated into tiers, with four Aces backed by a Two, Three or Four paying more than four Aces alone, and low quads split from high ones. All values below are multiples of the total bet:
- Royal Flush – 800x
- Four Aces with any Two, Three or Four – 400x
- Four Twos, Threes or Fours with an Ace, Two, Three or Four, and Four of a Kind (Aces) – 160x
- Four of a Kind (Twos, Threes or Fours) – 80x
- Straight Flush, and Four of a Kind (Fives through Kings) – 50x
- Full House – 9x
- Flush – 6x
- Straight – 4x
- Three of a Kind – 3x
- Two Pair, and Jacks or Better – 1x
The strategy that follows is unusual for a poker variant. Because the premium quads are worth so much more than everything between them, holding awkward low pairs over safe Jacks or Better draws is often the right call, and the pay table pays you back for it when the kicker lands.
One Hand, Four, Ten or Fifty
The hand count is the structural choice here. You can play one hand, four hands, ten or fifty, and you can switch between them whenever you like, just not mid-hand. In the multi-hand games your decision hand sets the holds, and every play hand copies the cards you held into the same positions before dealing its own replacements.
In the single-hand game it’s simpler: your held cards are marked, and the deck deals replacements directly. On the draw the decision hand greys out and the cards you didn’t hold turn face down while the play hands fill in.
Each play hand draws from its own complete deck, so the fifty-hand game is fifty independent shuffles rather than one shared run of cards. Your total bet is the number of coins played, times the coin size, times the number of hands, with up to five coins per hand per game.
The coin count matters more than it looks. Five coins per hand is where the full 98.98% return lives; at one to four coins the game runs at 97.83%. It’s a full percentage point of return riding on a bet-size decision, and there’s no reason to play this variant below max coins.
Setting Your Bet
Betting is handled through coins and coin size rather than a single stake slider. Select Coins for the number you want, select Coin Size to scale it up or down, and the Bet box shows your total per game. A Bet +1 button steps the coin count up by one and resets to one after five, while Bet Max puts the full five coins on at your current coin size.
Around the table sit a Statistics button for your play history, a Win History button for recent results, and the selectable hand button that shows your current hand count. Nothing here is decoration; every control does a job.
Quick Deal
Available through the settings menu, Quick Deal simply speeds up how fast hand results are shown. It has no effect on what the cards are.
On the fifty-hand setting it’s the difference between a draw that resolves in a moment and one that takes its time. It can be switched off again as easily as it’s switched on, and it may not be available in every version of the game.
Doubling After a Win
Any game win can be doubled, provided the win isn’t above the casino’s activation limit. It’s a card duel: pick a card, and if it beats the dealer’s card your win doubles. A tie leaves the win as it was.
Beat or tie the dealer and you can collect or go again. You keep going until you pick a lower card or hit the casino’s doubling limit, and that limit is the only ceiling on the run.
The feature is off by default and needs enabling in Settings before it’s active. One careful touch: if you close the game or lose connection before picking a card, the game won’t pick one for you. You’re returned to the doubling screen exactly where you left it, with the decision still yours to make.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.7/10
Sitting in that empty blue glow, you’re playing a game of pure hold-and-draw, and that’s the whole reason to choose it: nothing happens unless you decide it. Nearly half of hands return something, most of them even money, so the rhythm is steady, quiet card-by-card work rather than waiting for a feature to save you.
The return is the best thing here by a distance – 98.98% at five coins is a figure almost nothing with reels can match, and the tiered quads make the strategy genuinely interesting. Below five coins you’re on 97.83%, and misplayed holds take more off still. The full price of this game is only paid by playing it properly.
It’s a game for people who like knowing a pay table cold and betting it properly, and it has nothing to offer anyone who wants bonus rounds or spectacle. That blue void keeps its promise: cards, decisions, and one of the fairest returns around.
Double Double Bonus – Power Poker FAQs
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What is the RTP of Double Double Bonus – Power Poker?
The RTP is 98.98% when you bet five coins per hand. At one to four coins per hand it runs at 97.83%, so the full return only applies at max coins. -
Is Double Double Bonus – Power Poker high volatility?
No. The game is rated medium volatility, with a hit frequency of 44.72%, so wins land fairly regularly even though the biggest hands are rare. -
Can you change the number of hands during a game?
You can switch between 1, 4, 10 and 50 hands at any time, but not during an active hand. The selectable hand button shows your current count and opens the other options. -
What is the grid size of Double Double Bonus – Power Poker?
There’s no reel grid. It’s video poker: each hand is a five-card poker hand dealt from a single 52-card deck, shuffled before every game. -
What is the minimum and maximum bet on Double Double Bonus – Power Poker?
Bets run from 0.25 to 25.00. Your total bet is the coins played multiplied by the coin size multiplied by the number of hands. -
How does the Double feature work in Double Double Bonus – Power Poker?
After any win, you can pick a card against the dealer’s. A higher card doubles your win, a tie leaves it unchanged, and you can keep going or collect until you pick a lower card or reach the casino’s doubling limit. It needs enabling in Settings first. -
Who makes Double Double Bonus – Power Poker?
Flip Five Gaming. -
What is the maximum win on Double Double Bonus – Power Poker?
The maximum win is 800x the total bet, paid by the Royal Flush at the top of the pay table.
