Deuces Wild – our new favorite game

We have already implied that Deuces Wild is one of our favorite games. But we have discovered that we like it more than ever. In this game all twos are wild, which means they can be a substitute for any card. This also means there are some different combinations in Deuces Wild compared to Jacks or Better. These different combinations includes a wild card, like five of a kind is quite impossible to get with a regular deck without using wilds.

When betting 5 credits full-pay Deuces Wild slot gives you a payout of:

Natural Royal Flush – 4000
Four Deuces - 1000
Wild Royal Flush - 125
Five of a Kind – 75
Straight Flush – 45
Four of a Kind - 25
Full House - 15
Flush – 10
Straight – 10
Three of a Kind - 5

According to the Wizard of Odds you can get up to 100,76% return on Deuces Wild when using an optimal strategy. Even with a simple strategy you can get an expected return of 100,71%. And that’s why we love the game, because in theory – the player always win!

Here is the Wizards simple strategy:

4 deuces
4 deuces

3 deuces
Pat royal flush
3 deuces only

2 deuces
Any pat four of a kind or higher
4 to a royal flush
4 to a straight flush with 2 consecutive singletons, 6-7 or higher
2 deuces only

1 deuce
Any pat four of a kind or higher
4 to a royal flush
Full house
4 to a straight flush with 3 consecutive singletons, 5-7 or higher
3 of a kind, straight, or flush
All other 4 to a straight flush
3 to a royal flush
3 to a straight flush with 2 consecutive singletons, 6-7 or higher
deuce only

0 deuces
4,5 to a royal flush
Made three of a kind to straight flush
4 to a straight flush
3 to a royal flush
Pair
4 to a flush
4 to an outside straight
3 to a straight flush
4 to an inside straight, except missing deuce
2 to a royal flush, J,Q high

Why not try out these strategies for free? You can play free video poker at many casinos, like for example Unibet. We have been quite lucky when playing this game, so we can definitely recommend you to give it a go! The optimal strategy is even better, with a theoretical return of 100,76 as mentioned. But since this is more complex we usually stick to the simple strategy. Please tell us if you try out our new favourite kind of game! Perhaps you also find this to be your new game. Maybe, maybe not!

Except for that we have som other news! Tobias is now a father, how cool isn’t that? It was last Monday that his little first baby was born. Everything went great and the family is healthy and home now. The best thing about this is that we now have planned a new poker night, so that everyone get to meet the baby also! I am really looking forward to this and hopefully we can try to get our girlfriends to joins us this time. Not for long, more like a fun night. Alright, that was all for now! Have a good night.