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Deuces Wild
In Deuces Wild every 2 is a wild card: it becomes whatever card makes your best hand. Because wild cards make big hands common, the pay table starts at three of a kind, pairs pay nothing, and the top hands are four deuces and a natural royal flush.
The full-pay table
| Hand | Per credit | 5 credits |
|---|---|---|
| Natural royal flush (no deuces) | 250 | 4,000 |
| Four deuces | 200 | 1,000 |
| Wild royal flush | 25 | 125 |
| Five of a kind | 15 | 75 |
| Straight flush | 9 | 45 |
| Four of a kind | 5 | 25 |
| Full house | 3 | 15 |
| Flush | 2 | 10 |
| Straight | 2 | 10 |
| Three of a kind | 1 | 5 |
Players call this table 25/15/9/5 after the wild royal, five of a kind, straight flush and four of a kind pays. It is the best Deuces Wild table and, played perfectly, returns slightly more than 100%. Most casino floors have lower versions; the four of a kind pay is the one to check, since about a third of your return comes from quads.
Strategy: count your deuces first
Deuces Wild strategy is four short lists, one for each number of deuces dealt. Find your list, then the first line that matches.
Four deuces
Hold all five. Nothing can improve it.
Three deuces
- Wild royal flush or five of a kind: hold all five.
- Otherwise hold the three deuces alone and draw two.
Two deuces
- Wild royal, five of a kind, straight flush, four of a kind: hold all five.
- Four to a royal flush.
- Otherwise hold the two deuces alone.
One deuce
- Wild royal, five of a kind, straight flush, four of a kind: hold all five.
- Four to a royal flush.
- Full house.
- Four to a straight flush with three consecutive cards 5-7 or higher.
- Three of a kind, straight or flush.
- Any four to a straight flush.
- Three to a royal flush.
- Three to a straight flush with two consecutive cards 6-7 or higher.
- Otherwise hold the deuce alone.
No deuces
- Natural royal flush.
- Four to a royal flush.
- Straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush, straight, three of a kind: hold all five.
- Four to a straight flush.
- Three to a royal flush.
- One pair. With two pair, hold only one pair.
- Four to a flush.
- Four to an open-ended straight.
- Three to a straight flush.
- Two to a royal flush, J-Q, J-K or Q-K suited.
- Four to an inside straight, except with an ace low.
- Nothing: draw five.
The plays that surprise people
- Never throw away a deuce. Not for a pair, not for a flush draw, not for anything.
- Two pair: hold one pair. Two pair pays nothing here, and a single pair with three new cards makes trips or better more often.
- Pairs are a hold, high cards are not. A lone jack or ace is worthless without a deuce. Draw five.
- Four deuces beats a wild royal. Dealt three deuces with a 10 and an ace of the same suit, hold the deuces only and draw for the fourth.
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Questions
What does a deuce do in Deuces Wild?
A 2 counts as any card, in any suit, that makes your best hand. Three deuces and two kings is five of a kind. A deuce with four hearts is a flush.
Why doesn't a pair pay in Deuces Wild?
Because wild cards make good hands easy. If pairs paid, the game would return far more than 100%. The pay table starts at three of a kind to balance the deuces.
What is full-pay Deuces Wild?
The 25/15/9/5 table: wild royal 25, five of a kind 15, straight flush 9, four of a kind 5, full house 3, flush 2, straight 2, trips 1. With perfect play it returns 100.76%.
Should I hold two pair in Deuces Wild?
No. Hold one pair only and draw three. Two pair pays nothing, and the single pair makes three of a kind or better more often than the two-pair hold does.
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