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Video Poker is one of the very few games in a casino where a player can have an edge on the house, but this requires skillful play, and for the player to follow an optimal strategy. Furthermore, not every video poker machine can be tipped into the player’s favor, as the payout scale has a dramatic effect on a machine’s profitability.

One machine that has a liberal payout scale, and can offer a 100% return to the player is the Deuces Wild Video Poker machine. The basic strategy that will allow you to show a positive return on these slot machines is to always choose the best option from the list below –this will require you to sometimes break a ‘Pat-Hand’ in favor of a draw to a monster, but these decisions have good long-term expectation:

1. 4 deuces – This is the jackpot hand!

2. A pat royal flush 

3. 3 deuces only 

4. Any pat four of a kind or higher 

5. 4 cards to a royal flush 

6. 4 cards to a straight flush with 2 consecutive cards, 6-7 or higher 

7. 2 deuces only 

8. Any pat four of a kind or higher 

9. 4 cards to a royal flush 

10. Full house 

11. 4 cards to a straight flush with 3 consecutive cards, 5-7 or higher 

12. 3 of a kind, straight, or flush 

13. 4 cards to a straight flush 

14. 3 cards to a royal flush 

15. 3 cards to a straight flush with 2 consecutive cards, 6-7 or higher 

16. A lone deuce  

17. 4 cards to a royal flush 

18. Made three of a kind to straight flush 

19. 4 cards to a straight flush 

20. 3 cards to a royal flush 

21. Pair 

22. 4 cards to a flush 

23. 4 cards to an outside straight 

24. 3 cards to a straight flush 

25. 4 cards to an inside straight, except missing deuce 

26. 2 cards to a royal flush, J,Q high

So, if you are dealt three-of-a-kind with a single 2 (#12 on this list) you would break this hand if you also had 4-cards to a straight flush (#11 on the list), such as 7c-8c-9c-7d-2d.

As you can see in the Deuces Wild game it’s better to keep a single pair than to keep 2-pair, and there are numerous instances where you will break a pat hand to draw to a bigger hand, especially when you have a number of Deuces in your hand.