Dealer's Choice / Lucky Ace / High Ace pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
Dealer's Choice, Lucky Ace, and High Ace build base bonus through regular scoring, while completing the 1-through-9 matrix enables Double and then Triple Bonus. Reach 10K, complete the matrix twice, and carry the resulting 30K bonus to the end of the ball.
The goal
Complete the card targets from the right flippers, use the upper flipper to cross the 1-9 matrix, then build 10K bonus and light Triple Bonus before taking the upper-right lane.
Use the right flippers to hit the 10-J-Q-K-A standups.
From the upper-right flipper, shoot across the 1-9 matrix toward the card targets.
Complete the 1-9 matrix once to light Double Bonus.
Complete the 1-9 matrix a second time to light Triple Bonus.
- One 1-9 completion lights Double Bonus. A second completion lights Triple Bonus.: One 1-9 completion lights Double Bonus. A second completion lights Triple Bonus.
Use either top lane and safe yellow-target hits to build base bonus to 10K.
After the cards are complete, take the upper-right lane when its award is useful.
Protect the 30K end-of-ball collect after 10K and Triple Bonus are ready.
Alternative route: Top-lane bonus
Use this when lower-flipper shots through the 1-9 matrix reach the bumpers and return without control.
- Send the ball through either top lane.
- Take safe yellow-standup hits to add base bonus.
- Use the upper flipper for crosswise matrix progress.
- Do not shoot directly through the matrix from a lower flipper without a controlled return.
Need to know
- Base bonus
- Either top lane and each yellow standup advance the end-of-ball bonus to its 10K maximum.
- 1-9 matrix
- Complete the center 1-9 rollover matrix once for Double Bonus and twice for Triple Bonus.
- Card targets
- Complete 10-J-Q-K-A to light the upper-right lane and the right return lane for their configured awards.
Dealer's Choice, Lucky Ace, and High Ace build base bonus to 10K through the top lanes and three yellow standups. Completing the center 1-through-9 matrix once lights Double Bonus and completing it twice lights Triple Bonus. Use the upper flipper to cross the matrix and collect card targets on the same trip, then protect the 30K end-of-ball collect.
The goal
Complete the card targets from the right flippers, use the upper flipper to cross the 1-9 matrix, then build 10K bonus and light Triple Bonus before taking the upper-right lane.
- Use the right flippers to hit the 10-J-Q-K-A standups.
- From the upper-right flipper, shoot across the 1-9 matrix toward the card targets.
- Complete the 1-9 matrix once to light Double Bonus.
- Complete the 1-9 matrix a second time to light Triple Bonus.
Bonus multiplier scoring details
- One 1-9 completion lights Double Bonus. A second completion lights Triple Bonus.: One 1-9 completion lights Double Bonus. A second completion lights Triple Bonus.
- Use either top lane and safe yellow-target hits to build base bonus to 10K.
- After the cards are complete, take the upper-right lane when its award is useful.
- Protect the 30K end-of-ball collect after 10K and Triple Bonus are ready.
Builds toward: 10K at Triple Bonus
- Shoot either top lane and the three yellow standups until base bonus reaches 10K.
- Complete the 1-9 matrix once for Double Bonus.
- Complete the matrix again for Triple Bonus.
- Carry the 30K maximum bonus to the end of the ball.