Deuces Wild Strategy Card

This page is an adaptation of Michael Shackleford's Deuces wild strategy card, represented as a a basic strategy (the optimal strategy is quite convoluted, and this strategy on a full pay machine is still a player expectation game).

Using this strategy on a full pay machine will result in an expected return of 100.71%. To use the strategy look up all viable ways to play an initial hand on the following list and elect that which is highest on the list.

0 deuces
4,5 to a royal flush
Any pat paying hand
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
2 to a royal flush, J,Q high

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

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

3 deuces
Pat royal flush
3 deuces only

4 deuces
4 deuces

Terms:

Outside straight: An open ended straight that can be completed at either end, such as the cards 7,8,9,10.

Inside straight: A straight with a missing inside card, such as the cards 6,7,9,10. In addition A,2,3,4 and J,Q,K,A also count as inside straights because they are at an extreme end.

Any hand that does not appear on the above lists should never be played. Most notably a two pair, keeping a single pair has a higher expected value.