Deuces Wild is the best version of video poker, with a theoretical return of 100.762% when playing perfect deuces wild strategy on a full pay deuces wild machine.
Playing perfect strategy is skill you can develop with practice but it doesn't mean anything unless your playing on a decent machine. Below is the payouts for a Full Pay Deuces Wild Machine and you should try to play only on full pay machines. Get familiar with the paytable because casinos will be sneaky and put 1 full pay machine next 2 with much worse payouts.
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% |
The first thing you need to look at is the Four of a Kind payout, it should be at least 5 coin for the minimum payout. The reason this is important is because the Four of a Kind makes up around 1/3 of your payback percentage. So if they the Four of a Kind payout, it will dramtically improve the house edge.
The other thing to notice is the difference between playing 4 and 5 credits, there is a 1.083% difference in house edge from the difference in Natural Royal Flush payout. In order to realise the positive expected value on Deuces Wild, you need to play full coin.
Side Note: there are enough well read gamblers that full pay Deuces Wild machines are very hard to find now. So don't be too outraged if you can't find a perfect full pay Deuces Wild. As a minimum make sure they aren't skimming too heavily on the four of a kind.
Good Luck
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