Bits & Odds

Detailed analysis for Deuces Wild 20/11/9/4/4/3 Video Poker

We computed every hand probability for this paytable to get the overall payout (expected value) and the optimal strategy. Paytables change both, so the strategy for one machine is not the strategy for another that looks identical. This one returns 96.7537% under perfect play, ranking 15 of the 25 Deuces Wild paytables we analyse.

Payout table

HandPayout (1 coin)
Natural Royal Flush800
Four Deuces200
Wild Royal Flush20
Five of a Kind11
Straight Flush9
Four of a Kind4
Full House4
Flush3
Straight2
Three of a Kind1

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Analysis

HandPayoutProbabilityCombinationsEV contribution
Natural Royal Flush 800 0.002270% 37,707,923 0.018160
Four Deuces 200 0.019064% 316,674,919 0.038128
Wild Royal Flush 20 0.181553% 3,015,788,868 0.036311
Five of a Kind 11 0.301620% 5,010,209,686 0.033178
Straight Flush 9 0.500624% 8,315,877,712 0.045056
Four of a Kind 4 6.133245% 101,879,495,477 0.245330
Full House 4 2.618067% 43,488,769,718 0.104723
Flush 3 2.109519% 35,041,268,427 0.063286
Straight 2 5.781995% 96,044,862,647 0.115640
Three of a Kind 1 26.772504% 444,718,738,852 0.267725
Nothing 0 55.579540% 923,233,148,871 0.000000
Total100%1,661,102,543,1000.967537

Read the last column as cents per dollar wagered coming back from each hand type. Royal flushes are worth chasing not because they are likely but because their payout is large enough to matter over millions of hands; the bulk of the return comes from the ordinary hands near the bottom of the table.

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