Bits & Odds

Detailed analysis for Deuces Wild 300/20/12/10/4/4/3 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 99.5123% under perfect play, ranking 4 of the 25 Deuces Wild paytables we analyse.

Payout table

HandPayout (1 coin)
Natural Royal Flush800
Four Deuces300
Wild Royal Flush20
Five of a Kind12
Straight Flush10
Four of a Kind4
Full House4
Flush3
Straight2
Three of a Kind1

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Analysis

HandPayoutProbabilityCombinationsEV contribution
Natural Royal Flush 800 0.002262% 37,573,490 0.018096
Four Deuces 300 0.020159% 334,863,704 0.060477
Wild Royal Flush 20 0.174157% 2,892,929,532 0.034831
Five of a Kind 12 0.305453% 5,073,882,696 0.036654
Straight Flush 10 0.491764% 8,168,706,237 0.049176
Four of a Kind 4 6.213555% 103,213,522,154 0.248542
Full House 4 2.616072% 43,455,639,954 0.104643
Flush 3 2.035539% 33,812,397,249 0.061066
Straight 2 5.626250% 93,457,788,471 0.112525
Three of a Kind 1 26.911130% 447,021,460,417 0.269111
Nothing 0 55.603658% 923,633,779,196 0.000000
Total100%1,661,102,543,1000.995123

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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