K-Q-J suited or the pair of kings in Double Double Bonus?
Break the kings. The three-card royal K-Q-J is worth 1.4690 per coin on 9/6 Double Double Bonus vs 1.4461 for the pair — Jacks or Better says the opposite.
The exact numbers — K♠ Q♠ J♠ K♥ 4♦
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Two pair pays 1 here, so a high pair's follow-up value is thinner than it looks and the royal draw slips past it. On 9/6 Jacks or Better the identical cards reverse: kings 1.5365, royal draw 1.4884. The margin is narrow enough that the exact royal matters, which is the part no published chart explains: drop the royal one rank to 10-J-Q and the kings win again — on 10♠ J♠ Q♠ K♥ K♦ the pair solves to 1.4461 against 1.4403 for the draw. J-Q-K beats kings by 0.0229; 10-J-Q loses to them by 0.0057.
Chart line #14 of 39 — '3 to a royal flush: J-Q-K' sits above line #15, 'Pair of kings', while the 10-J-Q royal at line #16 sits below it. That three-line sandwich is the tightest ordering on the chart. See the full solver-optimized strategy chart, or drill hands with exact-EV feedback until plays like this are automatic.