How to play
The cards and the pay table are plain Jacks or Better. The twist is a running multiplier that links each hand to the one after it. Whatever you make now decides what the next hand’s wins will be multiplied by.
- Set your bet with Bet one (steps 1 through 5) or Bet max. Here a hand costs double the bet shown, so bet 5 takes 10 credits off your balance.
- Check the multiplier badge. Between hands it reads Next hand ×N; your very first hand of a session is always ×1. An earned multiplier only counts at the bet that earned it: if you change the bet, the next hand is played at ×1, and the badge warns you before you deal.
- Press Deal. Five cards from a freshly shuffled 52-card deck land face up.
- Tap the cards you want to keep (they’re marked Held), then press Draw to replace the rest.
- A paying hand wins the pay table amount times your bet times the current multiplier. Then the hand you just made becomes the next multiplier, whether it won big or not at all.
The Hint button, after a short ad, highlights the best cards to hold. Your multiplier is saved with the game, so closing the tab doesn’t throw it away.
The multiplier ladder
| Hand you finish with | Next hand is worth |
|---|---|
| Nothing, or a pair below Jacks | ×1 |
| Jacks or Better | ×2 |
| Two Pair | ×3 |
| Three of a Kind | ×4 |
| Straight | ×5 |
| Flush | ×7 |
| Full House | ×9 |
| Four of a Kind | ×10 |
| Straight Flush or Royal Flush | ×12 |
The ladder is short-lived by design. A ×9 lasts exactly one hand, and if that hand misses you’re straight back to ×1.
Pay table (per credit bet)
| Hand | Pays |
|---|---|
| Royal Flush | 250 (4,000 total at bet 5) |
| Straight Flush | 50 |
| Four of a Kind | 25 |
| Full House | 9 |
| Flush | 6 |
| Straight | 4 |
| Three of a Kind | 3 |
| Two Pair | 2 |
| Jacks or Better | 1 |
This is the full-pay 9/6 schedule: 9 for a full house, 6 for a flush. At bet 5, a royal on a ×12 hand comes to 48,000 credits.
Where the return comes from
Two numbers decide everything. Played with perfect holds, this 9/6 table gives back 99.54% of what’s wagered on its own. And across every possible deal and draw, the average multiplier a hand passes on to the next one is 1.9223. About 21.5% of hands end as a high pair, the most common ×2.
Because the multiplier on any hand was fixed by the previous one, it’s independent of the cards you’re about to get. So if you keep the same bet on every hand and hold for the current hand’s pay table, the return is 99.54% × 1.9223, divided by the double cost: 95.68%. Raising the bet only after a big multiplier doesn’t help: a multiplier earned at one bet is lost the moment you change it, so every bet size returns the same share of what you stake. What can still move the figure slightly is holding for the next multiplier as well as for this hand’s pay table, which is why our fairness page lists this game as depending on your decisions rather than with one fixed number. Each hand looks generous once the multiplier kicks in, but you pay twice for every one of them, including the ×1 hands that follow a miss.
For comparison, Random Multiplier Poker uses the same table and the same double cost, but rolls its multiplier at random on each deal instead of letting you earn it. The base game without any multiplier is Video Poker.
Strategy
- Hold as you would in 9/6 Jacks or Better. The multiplier on this hand scales every possible win by the same amount, so a ×7 hand and a ×1 hand call for the same hold. Keep a pair of Jacks rather than breaking it for four to a flush, and keep any low pair over a lone high card.
- Know what the Hint does. It looks only at this hand’s pay table and ignores the next-hand ladder. The 95.68% figure above assumes exactly those holds and the same bet on every hand.
- Let the ladder come to you. The ladder rewards the same hands the pay table does, so normal holds already aim at bigger next multipliers. Throwing away a sure Jacks-or-better for a long shot at a flush gives up a certain ×2.
- Think in pairs of hands. A flush followed by a full house pays 6 now, then 9 × 7 = 63 per credit on the next one. That stacking is where the big sessions come from.
- Watch the double cost. Your balance drops faster here than in single-cost video poker, so the swings feel larger. Pick a bet that gives you enough hands.
If you enjoy Multiplier Draw Poker, try Multiplier Rocket or Multiplier Roulette next.
