Make Money with Video Poker: Deuces Wild

Question: Which video poker game should you play?

Answer: Deuces Wild.

A full-pay Deuces Wild (or FPDW for short) has the highest payback percentage of all video poker games. It will return 100.7% if played with perfect strategy. This makes it the best game of all to play.

Deuces Wild is played like other video poker games except that the 2 cards are all wild. A wild card is one that will count as any card that will give the player the highest-ranking poker hand. So in Deuces Wild, if you are dealt QQT24, you actually get a three of a kind instead of a two pair with the 2 becoming a third queen.

This setup dramatically increases a player's chances of getting higher-ranking hands. To offset this advantage, the minimum "paying" hand in the game is a three of a kind instead of a pair of jacks or better.

Deuces Wild is an exciting game. You will see four of a kind more often, there is a wild royal flush, a five of a kind and four deuces. There are ten paying hands in Deuces Wild as opposed to nine in Jacks or Better. Like any other video poker game, you must choose which cards to hold or discard in Deuces Wild.

Deuces Wild Pay Table

Here is the full-pay table of Deuces Wild.

Hand 1 coin 2 coin 3 coin 4 coin 5 coin Royal Flush (w/o 2's) 250 500 750 1000 4000 Four Deuces 200 400 600 800 1000 Royal Flush w/ 2's 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

Pay tables for Deuces Wild get as wild as the game itself. The "Not So Ugly" or NSU Deuces Wild will do if you can't find FPDW. When choosing a machine, play only where a four of a kind is paid 4 for 1 or better. This hand appears quite often in Deuces Wild and much of your payback will come from it.

Expected Return

If you play a $.25 Deuces Wild game, betting maximum at the speed of 400 hands per hour, you will make on average $3.50 per hour with perfect strategy. Pros can play 600 hands per hour at higher denomination machines and make even more money.

Thus Deuces Wild is the best video poker game to play. Unfortunately it is getting harder and harder to find. You can still find it in some land-based casinos and the internet too.