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Deuces Wild is video poker where all four twos are wild. This page covers the Deuces Wild video poker Canada players can find, from hand pays to pay tables. To pick a site, start with our Canada online casino reviews.
Real-money video poker in Canada is open to players 19 and over in most provinces, and 18 and over in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec. The video below is ClubMikeV’s English video with three tips on Deuces Wild.
What turns ordinary video poker into Deuces Wild?
Deuces Wild video poker turns all four twos into wildcards. Red Rake Gaming says this lifts your chance of a good hand. Any Deuces Wild video poker Canada lobby sets the same goal: three of a kind or better.
Our video poker page says each two stands in for any rank or suit. In any Deuces Wild video poker Canada game, four of a kind, or quads, lands about once in fifteen hands, not once in four hundred.
Bonus Poker, Deuces Wild and Joker Poker deal cards alike, and only the pay schedule sets them apart. One casino blog adds that wild twos open more winning hands but call for a strategy fitted to the pay table.
Which Deuces Wild hands earn a payout?
Ten hands pay in every Deuces Wild video poker Canada game. Wizard of Odds puts the natural royal flush on top, then four deuces, wild royal and five of a kind. Straight flush, quads, full house, flush, straight and three of a kind follow.
One casino blog gives a sample hand: 8 of hearts, 8 of spades and three 2s. That is five of a kind, worth 80 coins on a five-coin bet.
In all 25 Wizard of Odds tables, a natural royal pays 800 per coin, a straight 2 and three of a kind 1. Four deuces pays 200 in 24 of them. Five of a kind runs 10 to 16, the straight flush 6 to 13.
What does full pay Deuces Wild return?
Full pay Deuces Wild returns 100.76%, says Wizard of Odds, from the pay string 800-200-25-15-9-5-3-2-2-1. It tops the 25 tables the Wizard lists, so it is the yardstick for any Deuces Wild video poker Canada search.
The Wizard calls full pay the 5-3-2 game, after its middle pays. That means 5 for four of a kind, 3 for a full house and 2 for a flush.
Our video poker page calls it the classic game a player can beat. Finding it, playing it perfectly and playing enough hands are three separate hurdles. For high-return Deuces Wild video poker Canada sites, see our best payout online casinos page.
Is full pay Deuces Wild still offered anywhere?
Hardly anywhere, says one casino blog, which calls full pay exceedingly rare. It rates the return at 100.8% with expert play and says the game looks limited to a handful of Nevada casinos. Online casinos have not adopted it either, a blow for Deuces Wild video poker Canada fans.
Our free video poker page finds full-pay versions common in free demos but scarcer once real money is in play. Our video poker page adds that lobby versions are rarely full pay.
One casino blog says shopping for a better table is easier online, where it takes only finger taps. Use that to compare each Deuces Wild video poker Canada lobby before you play.
What is Not So Ugly Deuces Wild?
Not So Ugly, or NSU, is a player nickname for a Deuces Wild table below full pay but far better than the first cut-down games. Wizard of Odds puts it at 99.73% with 800-200-25-16-10-4-4-3-2-1, a strong Deuces Wild video poker Canada target.
The screen never says NSU. It just reads “Deuces Wild”, so the pay table is how you spot it in a Deuces Wild video poker Canada lobby. Wizard of Odds uses its own nickname, “Not so Ugly Ducks”.
One casino blog rounds the return to 99.7% and ranks NSU among the best pay tables in wide release. It says NSU is what players pick online and across large parts of the United States.
How does Illinois Deuces differ from NSU?
Illinois Deuces differs from NSU in just two pays. Five of a kind drops from 16 to 15 and the straight flush from 10 to 9. Together those cuts cost 0.82 points, a gap worth checking in any Deuces Wild video poker Canada lobby.
Wizard of Odds puts Illinois Deuces at 98.91% on 800-200-25-15-9-4-4-3-2-1. It also goes by “Las Vegas Airport Deuces”, though the Wizard, Michael Shackleford, doubts you can still find it at the airport.
If NSU is missing, one casino blog says Illinois is often the best Deuces version on offer. That makes Illinois the sensible fallback for Deuces Wild video poker Canada players.
How do you read a Deuces Wild pay table fast?
Read a Deuces Wild video poker Canada pay table fast by holding two lines against full pay. Our video poker page names four of a kind and the wild royal, which split a strong machine from a weak one.
One casino blog calls a table “4-4-3” when it pays 4 on quads, 4 on a full house and 3 on a flush. NSU and Illinois both fit. Every 4-4-3 table Wizard of Odds lists returns 95.96% to 99.96%.
The blog flags a live-casino trap: 4 for quads but only 3 for a full house and 2 for a flush. Wizard of Odds shows any table pairing 4 on quads with either of those cuts returns 96.77% or less.
Which pay table cuts cost the most?
The full house cut hurts most: Wizard of Odds puts a drop from 4 to 3 at about 2.57 points. Cutting the flush from 3 to 2 costs about 1.95 points. Both cuts together take 4.60 points off a Deuces Wild video poker Canada table.
One casino blog warns that cuts reach past the full house and flush. One unit on the straight flush is worth about 0.5 points, and on five of a kind about 0.3. A wild royal of 25 rather than 20 adds 0.94 points.
Four deuces at 300 instead of 200 adds about 1.93 points. Wizard of Odds files tables paying 400 there under Double Deuces. The weakest of the 25 tables, 800-200-20-10-8-4-3-2-2-1, returns 91.42%, 9.34 points under full pay.
Which casinos on our list carry Deuces Wild?
Five casinos on our list carry the Deuces Wild video poker Canada players want: AzurSlot, Gamblezen, DepositWin, Slota and Vegazone. At Vegazone, our review cites AskGamblers, which lists it beside Jacks or Better, slot games and live dealer tables.
Our AzurSlot review cites CasinoReports, which lists Deuces Wild beside Jacks or Better, Casino Hold’em, Caribbean Stud Poker and five more table games. Our Slota review quotes AskGamblers, which names Deuces Wild, Aces and Eights and Jacks or Better.
Our DepositWin review draws on Wizard of Odds for Deuces Wild and three other games from 13 studios, plus Red Rake’s Number Bonus at 100.43%. At Gamblezen, Deuces Wild is one of eight games Wizard of Odds names, and our review says to check the studio name first.
Why is it never right to discard a deuce?
It is never right because keeping a deuce always lifts your average return. One casino blog states there is no correct moment to throw a 2 away. So every Deuces Wild video poker Canada session starts with one habit: keep all your 2s.
Look at your five cards, find each combination on that blog’s NSU Deuces chart, and hold the one ranked highest. Every decision below follows that order, split by the number of 2s you were dealt.
Four deuces call for the simplest hold on the chart: keep the four 2s and let the fifth card go. That blog also tells players to chase premium hands such as royals and five of a kind.
How do you play a hand with three deuces?
With three deuces, keep a made wild royal flush or five of a kind, and otherwise hold just the three 2s. That blog’s chart for Deuces Wild video poker Canada play has no line for a straight flush here.
Any Deuces Wild video poker Canada player dealt the 6 and 7 of diamonds with three 2s already has a 50-coin straight flush. Yet keeping only 2-2-2 averages 72.3 coins, so break up the made hand.
Now put the 8 of hearts and 8 of spades beside the three 2s, and you hold five of a kind. Keep all five for a sure 80 coins, because holding just the deuces lowers the average to 72.3.
What do you hold with two deuces?
With two deuces, hold the highest of these: wild royal flush, five of a kind, straight flush, then four of a kind. Next come four to a wild royal and four to an open straight flush. Failing those, any Deuces Wild video poker Canada player keeps just the two 2s.
Two deuces guarantee trips, so keeping a third card for three of a kind is pointless. A four-card straight flush draw with one gap is a keeper. With the 6 and 8 of diamonds, either spare 2 or a 4, 5, 7, 9 or 10 of diamonds completes it.
Two gaps flip the call. Take two 2s, the 6 and 9 of diamonds and a 7 of clubs. Keeping 2-2 returns 15.34 coins per five wagered, against 15.11 for 2-2-6-9. Change the 9 to an 8 and the opposite hold wins.
Which one-deuce hands are worth keeping?
Keep the top seven one-deuce lines: wild royal, five of a kind, straight flush, quads, four to a wild royal, full house and flush. Further down, Deuces Wild video poker Canada players keep trips at rank 11 and three to a wild royal without an Ace at rank 13.
Rank 8 is four to an open straight flush and rank 9 is a straight. A 2 with the 6, 7 and 8 of hearts and a 9 of clubs fits both. The higher rank wins, so keep the 2 and the three hearts.
At rank 17, a Deuces Wild video poker Canada player keeps only the 2. Take the 2 of clubs, the 3, 7 and 10 of hearts and a Queen of spades. Holding the 2 alone averages 5.02 coins, beating 4.79 for 2-3-7-10 and 4.72 for 2-7-10.
How do you play a Deuces Wild hand with no deuces?
With no deuces, start at the top of the chart. Ranks 1 to 4 are royal flush, four to a royal, straight flush and four of a kind. Full house, flush, straight and three of a kind fill ranks 5 to 8 in Deuces Wild video poker Canada games.
Next come four to a straight flush, three to a royal, four to a flush and two pair. One pair drops to rank 13, suited J-10, Q-10 or Q-J sits at rank 16, and at rank 20 you discard all five.
One casino blog also advises learning when a flush or straight draw beats one high card. Another tip suits any Deuces Wild video poker Canada player: practice with the chart builds pattern recognition.
When do you hold two pair in Deuces Wild?
Hold both pairs whenever an NSU Deuces Wild video poker Canada game deals you two pair. Picture the 5 of clubs, 5 of spades, Queen of hearts, Queen of diamonds and 9 of clubs. Keeping both pairs averages 3.40 coins, while one pair averages 2.74.
One casino blog ties this to the pay table. In 4-4-3 games, a full house pays the same as four of a kind. A one-card draw also fills a full house more often than a three-card draw makes quads or better.
This hold breaks from full-pay Deuces, where players learned to keep one pair and throw the other away. Deuces Wild video poker Canada players who switch between versions face the opposite play on the same cards.
Which strategy changes apply to Illinois Deuces?
In one-deuce hands, Illinois Deuces ranks three of a kind above a four-card straight flush with two gaps. The reason is its lower straight flush pay, which changes the math for any Deuces Wild video poker Canada player on that game.
The change covers two-gap inside straight flushes such as 2-3-4-5 and 2-3-5-6, which now sit below trips. One casino blog states the wider rule: your holds have to match what each hand pays, and Deuces Wild games do not all pay alike.
Royal draws gain too. Two-card King-high royal draws now rank above three-card straight flush draws that run Ace-low. Deuces Wild video poker Canada players moving from NSU to Illinois carry these edits into their chart.
How close does a simple strategy get to perfect play?
Very close: Wizard of Odds shows its Full-Pay Simple Strategy returning 100.71%, against 100.76% for its Full-Pay Optimal Strategy. The simple version gives up only 0.05 points, a tiny price for any Deuces Wild video poker Canada player. It also publishes an NSUD Intermediate Strategy.
For comparison, Wizard of Odds puts 9/6 Jacks or Better at 99.46% with simple play, 99.52% intermediate and 99.54% optimal. The site also has pages on the Effect of Strategy Mismatches in Video Poker and a Video Poker Strategy Maker.
Wizard of Odds even lists Deuces and Joker, a game that turns all four twos and the joker wild. Our Joker Poker page covers a game with just one wild card, against four in every Deuces Wild video poker Canada title.
Why does a Jacks or Better chart fail in Deuces Wild?
It fails because the correct holds in Deuces Wild differ from those in Jacks or Better. Our video poker Canada page says using the wrong chart costs whole percentage points, a steep price at any Deuces Wild video poker Canada table.
The same page calls Deuces Wild strategy considerably harder, with more chart exceptions than Jacks or Better. It adds that the Deuces Wild hand distribution punishes anybody playing on Jacks or Better instincts.
For beginners, that page and our free video poker Canada page agree: start with Jacks or Better, which uses no wild cards. Move on to Deuces Wild once the wild cards stop feeling confusing.
How often do Deuces Wild hands pay?
Just under half of all hands pay in Deuces Wild video poker Canada play. Our calculation from Wizard of Odds tables gives about 45.31% on full pay, 44.28% on Not So Ugly Ducks (NSU) and 44.36% on Illinois.
A single pair pays nothing in Deuces Wild video poker Canada games, Casino.ca notes. Three of a kind is the most common paying hand, about once in 3.5 full pay hands, a probability of 0.284690. At 1 coin per coin, it just hands back your stake.
On full pay, four of a kind lands about once in 15.4 hands, a straight once in 17.8 and a full house once in 47. Flush, straight flush, five of a kind and wild royal follow at 1 in 60, 240, 312 and 557.
Which hands supply the biggest share of the return?
Four of a kind carries the biggest share of full pay Deuces Wild video poker Canada returns. It provides 0.324691 of the 1.007620 return, about 32%. Three of a kind adds about 28%.
The straight alone returns 0.112141, more than any hand from the natural royal down to the straight flush. The natural royal gives about 1.75% of the return, and the five top hands together only 0.188843.
On NSU, three of a kind leads with 0.267188 of the 0.997283 return, ahead of four of a kind at 0.244151. Four of a kind lands about once in 16.4 hands there, and a full house once in 38.
How rare are four deuces and a natural royal?
Four deuces hit about once in 4,909 full pay hands and a natural royal once in 45,282. So in full pay Deuces Wild video poker Canada play, four deuces come about 9.2 times as often.
On NSU, one casino blog puts four 2s at once per 5,356 hands with expert play. The natural royal comes once per 43,456, about eight times rarer. Illinois runs close, with four deuces once in 5,348 hands and the royal once in 43,423.
Four deuces rank second, below the natural royal, and pay 1,000 coins on a five-coin bet. A wild royal pays far less than a natural one but lands far more often, about once in 524 NSU hands. Five of a kind comes once in 322 there.
How hard do Deuces Wild results swing?
Deuces Wild is far more volatile than Jacks or Better, says our video poker page. A thinner spread of small wins and bigger top payouts mean longer dry spells at Deuces Wild video poker Canada tables.
Wizard of Odds prints a standard deviation of 5.077845 for NSU, and none for the other tables. On full pay, one hand can be played two ways with equal expected value but a different standard deviation. The published table picks the calmer play.
The straight flush has probability 0.003781 when it pays 6 but 0.005763 when it pays 13, as strategy chases the richer hand. Wizard of Odds also has appendices on multihand standard deviation and bankroll size versus risk of ruin.
Why do five coins matter in Deuces Wild?
Five coins matter because the royal pays more per coin at the top bet in Deuces Wild video poker Canada play. One casino blog lists 250 per coin up to 4 coins, then 4,000 coins for 5. Four 2s stay at 200 per coin at every level.
The same blog’s five-coin table pays 125 for a royal with 2s, 80 for five of a kind and 50 for a straight flush. Our video poker page values always betting five coins, with the coin value adjusted, at one and a half percent.
In Deuces Wild video poker Canada software, coins worth cents let a modest bankroll play five coins, which a physical machine rarely allows. Play’n GO’s Deuces Wild shows a €0.25 coin value with coin and hand controls. Total bet equals coin value times coins times hands.
How do progressive meters change the Deuces Wild return?
A bigger royal meter raises the return. For Deuces Wild, every 500 credits on the meter adds about 0.26 percentage points. Watch the meter in any Deuces Wild video poker Canada progressive game.
Our page on progressive video poker jackpots cites one casino blog whose Deuces Wild example reaches 100% with the meter just over 9,000 credits. That example uses a 25/15/11/4/3/3/2/1 pay table.
Deuces Wild also needs a higher break-even meter than Jacks or Better. A meter that only breaks even on Jacks or Better leaves a Deuces Wild video poker Canada progressive short of 100%.
Which apps and sites host free Deuces Wild?
Try it on the Wizard of Odds site, which runs its own free Deuces Wild game. Phone apps add practice too, but one Google Play listing warns that app wins promise nothing for real money Deuces Wild video poker Canada play.
Happen Labs’ Deuces Wild Video Poker on the App Store is free with in-app purchases, rated 5.0 from 11 ratings and marked 18+. Tapinator’s Deuces Wild Classic on Google Play has 4.6 stars and at least 50,000 downloads. Both add free credits every four hours and a trainer.
Nintendo eShop sells eSolutions’ Switch version for $6.30 in Canada. Like Tapinator’s app, it offers no real money gambling. Our free video poker page warns a demo’s pay table can beat your casino’s. It suggests 200 hands of 9/6 Jacks or Better, chart open, then Deuces Wild, before real stakes.
What does Red Rake’s Deuces Wild offer?
Red Rake’s Deuces Wild plays up to 50 hands and adds a Gamble Mini Game. Released in two thousand eighteen, it runs in HTML5 on desktop and mobile and adapts to an upright or sideways screen. That suits Deuces Wild video poker Canada players on phones.
Red Rake Gaming lists the game as certified in Spain, with the UK and Italy in progress. It supports over 100 currencies, including mBTC. Valencia’s Red Rake Tech SL holds a B2B licence from the Malta Gaming Authority.
The firm also holds licences from Great Britain’s Gambling Commission and Greece’s Hellenic Gambling Commission. For Deuces Wild video poker Canada fans comparing makers, Wizard of Odds lists 43 studios offering online video poker. It shows Red Rake Gaming at 826 casinos, with 8 games reviewed.
How does Deuces Wild compare with other video poker games?
At full pay, Deuces Wild video poker Canada players get the top return in our free video poker table, at 100.76%. Double Bonus (10/7) follows at 100.17%, then Jacks or Better (9/6) at 99.54%, Bonus Poker (8/5) at 99.17% and Double Double Bonus (9/6) at 98.98%.
Our Joker Poker page puts full-pay Two Pair Joker Poker at 99.92%, between Jacks or Better and full-pay Deuces Wild. National Post quotes 100.76% for full pay, while LiveScore gives Deuces Wild Poker 98.91%. Casino.org says Deuces Wild beats Jacks or Better on payout ratio.
Casino.org calls three-hand Triple Play IGT’s most popular video poker variant, and it comes in a Deuces Wild version. Casino.ca set a 98.5% RTP floor when picking free video poker. Each Deuces Wild video poker Canada figure quoted above clears that bar.
