Deuces Wild Video Poker
- Deuces Wild Video Poker is a variation of video poker in which all twos are wild. (Wild cards substitute for any other card in the deck in order to make a better poker hand. In Deuces Poker, the payout for a four of a kind makes up approximately 1/3 of the payback percentage of the game, and a four of a kind occurs on average approximately every fifteen hands. Deuces Wild can be found with pay schedules that offer a theoretical return as high as 100.762%, when played with perfect strategy. It is also available with other pay schedules that have lesser theoretical returns:
Hand 1 credit 2 credits 3 credits 4 credits 5 credits Natural Royal Flush 300 600 900 1200 4000* Four Deuces 200 400 600 800 1000 Wild Royal Flush 25 50 75 100 125 Five of a Kind 15 30 45 60 75 Straight Flush 9 18 27 36 45 Four of a Kind 5 10 15 20 25 Full House 3 6 9 12 15 Flush 2 4 6 8 10 Straight 2 4 6 8 10 Three of a Kind 1 2 3 4 5 Theoretical Return 99.679% 99.679% 99.679% 99.679% 100.762%* *Notice the gap between the payoff for a Natural Royal Flush played with 4 credits vs. one with 5 credits. The payoff schedule for most video poker machines has a gap like this, such that players who do not play with the maximum number of credits at a time are playing with a negative theoretical return.