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Detailed analysis for Deuces Wild 25/12/8/4/4/2 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 95.5856% under perfect play, ranking 19 of the 25 Deuces Wild paytables we analyse.

Payout table

HandPayout (1 coin)
Natural Royal Flush800
Four Deuces200
Wild Royal Flush25
Five of a Kind12
Straight Flush8
Four of a Kind4
Full House4
Flush2
Straight2
Three of a Kind1

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Analysis

HandPayoutProbabilityCombinationsEV contribution
Natural Royal Flush 800 0.002277% 37,825,244 0.018217
Four Deuces 200 0.020077% 333,495,014 0.040153
Wild Royal Flush 25 0.193540% 3,214,896,190 0.048385
Five of a Kind 12 0.307498% 5,107,850,916 0.036900
Straight Flush 8 0.408329% 6,782,756,612 0.032666
Four of a Kind 4 6.257836% 103,949,079,924 0.250313
Full House 4 2.643671% 43,914,087,078 0.105747
Flush 2 1.701360% 28,261,330,058 0.034027
Straight 2 5.881997% 97,705,998,970 0.117640
Three of a Kind 1 27.180702% 451,499,333,990 0.271807
Nothing 0 55.402714% 920,295,889,104 0.000000
Total100%1,661,102,543,1000.955856

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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