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Detailed analysis for Deuces Wild 25/15/8/4/4/3 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 98.4453% under perfect play, ranking 9 of the 25 Deuces Wild paytables we analyse.

Payout table

HandPayout (1 coin)
Natural Royal Flush800
Four Deuces200
Wild Royal Flush25
Five of a Kind15
Straight Flush8
Four of a Kind4
Full House4
Flush3
Straight2
Three of a Kind1

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Analysis

HandPayoutProbabilityCombinationsEV contribution
Natural Royal Flush 800 0.002309% 38,357,548 0.018473
Four Deuces 200 0.019378% 321,880,241 0.038755
Wild Royal Flush 25 0.192921% 3,204,618,522 0.048230
Five of a Kind 15 0.315131% 5,234,642,534 0.047270
Straight Flush 8 0.441451% 7,332,956,965 0.035316
Four of a Kind 4 6.171582% 102,516,304,254 0.246863
Full House 4 2.620891% 43,535,695,007 0.104836
Flush 3 1.993732% 33,117,940,685 0.059812
Straight 2 5.813682% 96,571,215,877 0.116274
Three of a Kind 1 26.862413% 446,212,227,276 0.268624
Nothing 0 55.566510% 923,016,704,191 0.000000
Total100%1,661,102,543,1000.984453

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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