Introduction To Deuces Wild Video Poker

In our previous sections, we’ve talked primarily about Jacks or Better strategy and tactics https://www.w88thais.com/ . It’s a good starting place for new video poker players—it’s the most popular video poker game, the oldest and most ‘familiar‘ game and the easiest on which to assimilate proper strategy. Now we’ll start with the major video poker variations beginning with Deuces Wild. Full Pay Deuces Wild returns 100.8% with perfect play and at the risk of over-generalization is likely the ‘sharp‘ video poker player’s favorite game.

We’ll begin the discussion with full pay deuces though there are at least a dozen Deuces Wild (DW) variants. Outside of the hyper-competitive Las Vegas video poker market, you might not be able to find the full pay games. For that reason, we’ll cover a number of alternate Deuces Wild strategies.



The first question I often get when talking about Full Pay Deuces Wild: “How can the casino afford to offer a machine that pays out more than it takes in?” The operative term in my original statement is that with perfect play Full Pay DW pays 100.8%. Perfect play on a deuces wild machine is very counterintuitive and particularly for anyone used to playing Jacks or Better. For that reason, most recreational players utilize a dubious strategy that gives the house a sizable edge on this game ww88 .

Deuces Wild video poker is played with a 52 card deck and generally resembles a JoB machine at first glance with one big exception—all four deuces are wild cards. The winning hands are also different—in Deuces Wild a high pair or two pairs are losers. Here are the Full Pay Deuces Wild pay table:

FULL PAY DEUCES WILD PAY TABLE
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The hand rank is pretty much the same as a Jacks or Better machine—not surprising since they were both derived from actual poker hands. As noted above, two hands that are winners in Jacks or Better are losing hands on a deuces wild machine—a pair of jacks or better (high pair) and two pairs. Another difference is the payout level for various hands. On a JoB machine, a three of a kind returns 15 coins with a max bet. On a DW machine, it returns 5 coins. Four of a kind is a 125 coin winner with a max bet on JoB but on a DW machine, it returns 25 coins. Obviously these hands are significantly easier to make with four ‘wild cards‘ in the deck and as a result, the payout is less.

Typically, it doesn’t matter if a hand is made with or without wildcards. So on a DW machine, you’ll be paid the same for a four of a kind made like this:

A A A A X

as one made like this w88 casino :

A 2W 2W A X

or one made like this:

A 2W 2W 2W X

There are two exceptions to this rule. The first is ‘four deuces‘ which pays a ‘mini jackpot‘ of 1000 coins ($250 on a .25 cent machine, $1000 on a $1 machine). These are very nice bankroll builders and an important part of Deuces Wild strategy—we’ll discuss this down the road.