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Deuces Wild

Deuces Wild

Some Deuces Wild machines offer great winning potential. Naturally, with four wild

cards, the minimum winning hand is going to change; expect Deuces Wild machines to display three of a kind as a minimum hand. Expect a roller coaster ride of great

winning streaks sandwiched between losing streaks.

 

When playing Deuces Wild machines, make sure you never discard your 2s; it’s easy to forget how valuable they are.

 

1. Wild Country. Payoff: below 94 percent.

 

2. Born To Be Wild. Payoff: below 95 percent.

These machines, characterized by a low return on the full house, seldom produce

winners. The exception is the progressive machines, which have a variable Jackpot

(for the royal flush) that can get very high, and may have a return over 100 percent.

 

3. Wild Thing. Payoff: below 96 percent.

This machine offers 1,000 credits for the four deuces, which will push up the

payoff to approximately 97 percent.

 

4. Wild Party. Payoff: 99 percent. In addition to the four deuces, a wild joker is also

included with this game.

 

At a 99 percent return rate, you can expect to do fairly well at Wild Party. Not many

other games offer better odds.

The correct strategies for deuces wild machines change depending on the payoff

scale, but following are the hand rankings for the Wild Party machine, the “wild” Video

 

Poker machine with the highest return in Hoyle Casino:

 

Non-Wild Card Hands

1. Royal flush, straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush, straight (pat hand)

2. Four cards to a royal flush

3. Four of a kind

4. Three of a kind

5. Four cards to a straight flush

6. Three cards to a royal flush

7. Four cards to a flush

8. Two pairs

9. Three cards to a straight flush

10. One pair

11. Four cards to a straight

12. All other hands: draw five new cards

 

Wild Card Hands

1. Royal flush, straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush, straight (pat hand)

2. Four deuces

3. Three deuces and a joker

4. Three deuces with no other help

5. Two deuces and a joker with no other help

6. Four of a kind with one or two wild cards

7. Four cards to a royal flush with one or two wild cards

8. Two deuces with no other help

9. One deuce and the joker with no other help

10. Four cards to a straight flush with one wild card

11. Three of a kind with one wild card

12. Three cards to a royal flush with one wild card

13. Four cards to a straight with one wild card

14. Four cards to a flush with one wild card

15. Three cards to a straight flush with one wild card

16. One wild card with no other help

 

You need big hands in Deuces Wild. Discard all five cards if you get anything that does not appear on the above list. For example, don’t bother keeping four cards to an inside straight; due to the prevalence of wild cards, you’re usually be better off taking five new cards. Likewise, three cards to a straight and three cards to a flush is not worth keeping. Discard all five in this situation.

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