Straight Flush / 3 Jokers pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
Straight Flush / 3 Jokers scores 10,000 at the repeatable left orbit and returns the ball to the upper card lanes. Use plunges and orbit feeds to finish missing cards, let bumper action find the center saucer, and use the raised center post for control instead of shooting risky standups.
The goal
Shoot the left orbit from the right flipper for 10,000 and another trip through the top. Repeat that shot while incidental top-lane and center-saucer entries finish the five cards.
Aim the plunge
Check which top cards are missing and plunge toward the hardest missing lane, usually one of the lanes on the left.
Repeat the left orbit
Settle the ball on the right flipper and shoot the left orbit. It scores 10,000 and sends the ball through the top again.
Let the saucer happen
Do not shoot directly at the center saucer. Let bumper action feed it for incidental cards, then return to the left-orbit loop.
Need to know
- Left orbit
- The left orbit scores 10,000 even when its Special lamp is not lit.
- Five-card set
- Completing all five cards through top lanes or the center saucer awards 100,000 or an extra ball according to the setup.
- Three jokers
- Collecting all three jokers through the center saucer awards 100,000 or the configured add-a-ball result.
The repeatable left orbit in Straight Flush / 3 Jokers scores 10,000 and feeds five-card, three-joker, and center-post progress through the upper playfield. Keep returning through the orbit for points and top access, finish card lanes through natural upper play, and take incidental saucer entries. Use the Up Post target and a settled ball for control, then resume the orbit route.
The goal
Repeat the left orbit for 10,000 and safe upper play.Use the plunge and incidental center-saucer entries to finish missing cards, and use the raised center post for control instead of chasing risky standups.
- Before the plunge, read the missing top cards and aim for the hardest missing lane on the left.
- After the plunge, transfer to or settle on the right flipper when safe.
- Shoot the left orbit for 10,000 and another upper-playfield feed.
- Use repeated orbit feeds and later plunges to finish missing top cards.
- Let bumper action find the center saucer instead of shooting the saucer directly.
- When the center post rises through natural play, let a slow ball settle against the post and a flipper.
- Use a soft flip from the settled position to set up the next left orbit.
- Take a lit left-orbit Special through the same safe shot, then continue the repeat.
Builds toward: Safe 10,000 repeats with incidental set awards
- Collect a difficult missing card on the plunge.
- Repeat the 10,000-point left orbit.
- Use upper play to collect more card lanes.
- Take incidental center-saucer cards and jokers.
- Collect a lit Special or completed-set award through the same controlled routes.