Double Double Bonus Poker is an online video poker variant available in the portfolio of the leading software provider Microgaming. It can be played at online casinos like 32Red, All Slots and Platinum Play. Microgaming offers Double Double Bonus Poker in the multi hand formats as well, which are known as Power Poker at its online casinos. It is available as 4 hands, 10 hands, 50 hands and 100 hands games.

Since Jacks or Better is the most common video poker variant at online casinos, it makes sense to compare Double Double Bonus Poker with it. In the Jacks or Better payout table there is a single payout of 25 coins for any Four of a Kind hand. In Double Double Bonus Poker Microgaming has introduced five different Four of a Kind hands with different payouts. Four aces with the fifth card being any two, three or four pays 400 coins. Four aces with the fifth card being any other card pays 160 coins. Four twos, threes or fours with the fifth card being an ace, two, three or four pays 160 coins. Four twos, threes or fours with the fifth card being any other card pays 80 coins. Any other Four of a Kind hand pays 50 coins.

All these payouts are greater than the normal Jacks or Better Four of a Kind payout. With no other change in the payout table, Microgaming Double Double Bonus Poker would have an average return of over 100%. Therefore some compensation is required. The payout for Two Pairs has been reduced from 2 coins in Jacks or Better to 1 coin in Double Double Bonus Poker. The payouts for all other hand rankings remain unchanged. Because Two Pair hands occur more than 12% of the times, whereas Four of a Kind hands occur less than 1% of the times, there is negligible change in the average return. Microgaming Double Double Bonus Poker offers a return of 99% with optimum strategy. The difference is that Double Double Bonus Poker is a much more volatile game. It is likely to pay out much larger amounts or not at all. Jacks or Better is a conservative online video poker variant that is likely to pay steady amounts.

One of the important requirements of the optimum strategy for Microgaming Double Double Bonus Poker is the resolution of conflict hands. Normally the optimal strategy requires that winning combinations are not broken. But, if the player is dealt a Full House with three aces and a pair then he must break the Full House and discard the pair. The chance for drawing a Four of a Kind Aces hand with the large payouts is worth taking. However if a player is dealt a Full House with three of any card other than aces then he must retain the Full House because the payouts for the other Four of a Kind hands are much lower and do not merit the loss of the Full House payout. Double Double Bonus Poker is played like any other online video poker variant. The player selects the coin size and number of coins. It is suggested that the player always wagers with five coins to take advantage of the jackpot royal flush payout. The Microgaming optional Double feature and Auto Hold feature are available in this video poker variant.