Pat Hand / Satin Doll pinball rules and strategy

In Pat Hand, soft-plunge across the top rollover disks and keep sending the ball back up from the right flipper. Build Bonus to 10,000, then complete A-K-Q-J-10 once to light the disks for 1,000 and twice to light Double Bonus. Avoid forcing the rebound-heavy Joker targets.

The goal

Repeat the safe top-disk loop. Once base Bonus is 10,000, finish the five center cards twice: the first completion lights the rollover disks and bumpers, and the second lights Double Bonus. A third completion can light Special when that award matters.

  1. Soft-plunge so the ball crosses as many top rollover disks as possible.

  2. Use the upper-left feed and right flipper to return the ball to the top disk arc.

  3. Repeat the top loop until base Bonus reaches its 10,000 maximum.

  4. Complete A-K-Q-J-10 once to light the disks and bumpers, then complete the cards again to light Double Bonus.

  5. Return to the top-disk loop and avoid the Joker targets unless Extra Ball is enabled and worth the rebound risk.

Need to know
Top rollover disks
Advance Bonus and become worth 1,000 after the first A-K-Q-J-10 completion.
First card completion
Lights the rollover disks for 1,000 and the pop bumpers for 100.
Second card completion
Lights Double Bonus.

Machine setup

  • Confirm whether Extra Ball and Special are enabled or converted, and whether the installed game awards anything useful for a third center-card completion.
  • Test every top and upper-left rollover disk, all five center card targets and completion lamps, four Joker targets, both pop bumpers, the Bonus unit, and feeds from both sides of the top arc.
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