Deuces Wild Poker
Strategy
Hold any 5 Of A Kind or Royal Flush.
If you've got four 2's keep them!
If you've got three 2's:
-hold any made 5 Of A Kind or Royal Flush
-otherwise, keep the 2's and discard the rest.
If you've got two 2's:
-hold any made Straight, Five Of A Kind or Royal Flush.
-hold any 4 of a Kind.
-hold any 4 of a Royal Flush.
-otherwise, keep the 2's and discard the rest.
If you've got a single 2, keep any made hand EXCEPT:
-hold four card Royal Flushes over made Straights, Flushes and Straight Flushes.
-keep four card Straight Flushes of all types.
-hold three card Royal Flushes.
-do NOT keep two pair, keep only one.
-hold four card Flushes.
-hold four card Straights.
-hold three card Straight Flushes, including gaps.
-hold four card inside Straights.
-hang on to two card Q or J high Straight Flushes.
-discard two card Royal Flushes.
-if you've come this low, discard everything and try again.
Some players are reluctant to throw away five cards,
but that is a most important strategy.
You want to make room for additional card(s) that could be a deuce(s),
and holding that Ace or King is not going to help you if the next hand coming up could be four or five 7's.
Hard nut Jacks or Better players will throw away complete hands-5 cards only 3% of the time,
while Deuces Wild players almost 20% of the time.
Inside straights should be held, if presenting the best possible return from your initial five cards dealt.
Therefore, a 5, 6, 8, 9 hand can produce a 7 or wild card in Deuces Wild.
Approximately every 5000 hands will hit four deuces - a secondary jackpot that will allow you to pocket some winnings in this game.
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