Deuces Wild Video Poker Strategy
Deuces Wild video poker strategy charts are actually divided into multiple charts, based on how many deuces are in your hand. Start at the top of each chart, and when you get to the hand that applies to what's in your hand, stop, and hold on to the cards indicated.
Strategy With Four Deuces
| Draw one card. |
Strategy with Three Deuces
| Wild royal flush |
| Five of a kind |
| Three deuces only (Draw two cards) |
Strategy with Two Deuces
| Wild royal flush |
| Five of a kind |
| Straight flush |
| Four of a kind |
| Four cards to a wild royal flush |
| Four cards to an open-ended straight flush |
| Two deuces only (Draw three cards) |
Strategy with One Deuce
| Wild royal flush |
| Five of a kind |
| Straight flush |
| Four of a kind |
| Four cards to a wild royal flush |
| Full house |
| Four cards to an open-ended straight flush |
| Three of a kind |
| Flush |
| Straight |
| Four cards to a straight flush with one gap |
| Four cards to a straight flush with two gaps |
| A deuce, + A-3-4 suited, or A-3-5 suited, or A-4-5 suited |
| Three cards to a royal flush without an ace |
| Three cards to a straight flush with no gaps |
| Three cards to a royal flush with an ace |
| Deuce only (Draw four cards) |
Strategy with No Deuces
| Royal flush |
| Four cards to a royal flush |
| Straight flush |
| Four of a kind |
| Full house |
| Three of a kind |
| Flush |
| Straight |
| Four cards to a straight flush |
| Three cards to a royal flush |
| A pair |
| Four cards to a flush |
| Four cards to a straight with no gaps, but not 3-4-5-6 |
| Three cards to a straight flush |
| 4-5-6 suited |
| 3-4-5 suited |
| 10-J suited |
| Three cards to a straight flush with two gaps |
| 10-Q suited or J-Q suited |
| 3-4-6 suited, 3-5-6 suited |
| Four cards to a straight with one gap |
| Nothing - draw five cards |
A "gap" is a card that will fill an inside straight draw.
"Suited" means that the cards share the same suit.
You can practice your Deuces Wild strategy by playing free video poker.
This page was written on April 27, 2006 and was updated September 18, 2007.
