Bonus Deuces Wild Strategy
Introduction to Deuces Wild Poker Deuces Wild is almost identical to all the other Video Poker games, like Double Bonus or Jacks or Better. You’ll play with a standard 52-card deck. Video Poker Strategy Double Double Bonus (DDB) is the most popular video poker game in the world. Deuces Wild (DW) is the second-most popular. The games have little in common strategy-wise. Bonus Deuces Wild Video Poker Bonus Deuces Wild is the result of the marriage between Bonus Poker and Deuces Wild. This game incorporates the use of 2s as wild cards, along with bonus payouts for making extremely strong hands (five of a kind rather than four of a kind in this case).
- Appendices
- Strategies
- Jacks or Better
- Deuces Wild
- Quick Quads
- Ultimate X
- Miscellaneous
Introduction
The following video poker strategy is for 9/4/4 Bonus Deuces Wild.
9/4/4 Bonus Deuces Wild
Hand | Payoff |
---|---|
Natural Royal Flush | 800 |
Four Deuces w/Ace | 400 |
Four Deuces | 200 |
Wild Royal Flush | 25 |
Five Aces | 80 |
Five 3s/4s/5s | 40 |
Five 6s thru Ks | 20 |
Straight Flush | 9 |
Four of a Kind | 4 |
Full House | 4 |
Flush | 3 |
Straight | 1 |
Three of a Kind | 1 |
To use the strategy, locate the appropriate category based on how many deuces were dealt, then look up all of the reasonable ways to play a hand and choose the play that is highest on the list. While optimal strategy returns 99.4502%, the strategy presented below is the optimal 'exceptionless' strategy, which returns 99.4464%.
No Deuces Dealt
- Royal Flush
- 4 to a Royal Flush
- Straight Flush
- 4 of a kind
- Full House
- Flush
- 3 of a kind
- 4 to a Straight Flush
- 3 to a Royal Flush
- Straight
- 4 to a Flush
- 2 pair
- 1 pair
- 3 to a Straight Flush (except Ace-low)
- 2 to a Royal Flush: TJ, TQ, JQ
- 3 to a Straight Flush (Ace-low)
- 2 to a Royal Flush: TK/JK/QK
- Discard everything
One Deuce Dealt
Super Bonus Deuces Wild Strategy
How To Play Deuces Wild
- Full House or better
- 4 to a Wild Royal Flush
- Flush
- 3 of a kind: 3s/4s/5s, Qs/Ks/As
- 4 to a Straight Flush: deuce + A34/A35/A45, 345, 567, 678, 789, 89T, 9TJ
- 3 of a kind: 6s/7s/8s/9s/Ts/Js
- 4 to a Straight Flush: deuce + 346/356, 456, 457/467, 568/578, 679/689, 78T/79T, 89J/8TJ, 9TQ/9JQ
- 4 to a Straight Flush: deuce + 347/357/367, 458/468/478, 569/579/589, 67T/68T/69T, 78J/79J/7TJ, 89Q/8TQ/8JQ, 9TK/9JK/9QK
- 3 to a Wild Royal Flush: deuce + TJ
- 3 to a Wild Royal Flush: deuce + TQ/JQ
- 3 to a Wild Royal Flush: deuce + TK/JK/QK
- 3 to a Wild Royal Flush: deuce + TA/JA/QA/KA
- Straight
- 4 to a Flush
- 3 to a Straight Flush: deuce + 67, 78, 89, 9T
- Deuce only
Two Deuces Dealt
- 4 of a kind or better
- 4 to a Wild Royal Flush
- Deuces + Ace
- Deuces only
Three Deuces Dealt
- 5 of a kind or better
- Deuces + Ace
- Deuces only
Four Deuces Dealt
- Deuces + Ace
- Deuces only
Card Key
Card Abbreviations
Written by: Michael Shackleford