Play Deuces Wild Poker

How to play

“A man needs a motive to play poker. For me it’s money.” Poker legend Doyle Brunson said so. If you share the same motive, Deuces Wild is the game for you. It counts all 2s wild, which means you can replace any card with a 2. At CoolCat Casino, it offers more than merrier payouts and a lot of fun!

The game is quite easy to play. If you can get a winning hand, believe me no body can take the prizes away from you.

Card Rankings

Deuces Wild Poker ranks cards in the following order: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2. 2 is the wild card as well and is ranked the highest in the bonus feature Double or Nothing.

Selecting a Denomination

By default, a $1 denomination is selected for you. You can check it out on the right of your screen. If you wish, you can select a different denomination by clicking the arrows around it.

Buying Credits

Each bet requires one credit. Based on the denomination selected, each dollar can get you a different amount of credits. Use the available $5, $25, and $100 coins to buy credits. You can always take out your inserted coins by clicking the CASH OUT button.

Note: If you select a denomination after inserting the coins, your coins will be returned to you.

Placing a Bet

A minimum bet is required to play the game. Click the BET ONE button to place the minimum bet, which is equal to the denomination selected. Click it again to increase your bet. If you want to win big, you should place the maximum bet, which is five times the denomination selected. Click the BET MAX button to place the maximum bet. It’s true that maximum bets pay the maximum returns.

Drawing the Cards

Click the DRAW DEAL button to get your first deal of cards. If you don’t get a winning hand, you can decide to hold or drop certain cards to achieve a winning combination. Click a card to hold it. To drop the card, click it again. When you’re ready to replace the cards you didn’t select, click the DRAW DEAL button. The chances are you will get a winning hand that can fetch you a decent amount of money and multiple chances to double it as well.

Double or Nothing

As expected, the Double or Nothing feature can double your winnings. Every time you get a winning hand, the feature is triggered is the bonus feature which triggers every time you get a winning hand. To enter the bonus round, click Yes. To win, you need to get a card higher than the Dealer’s card. Usually, Ace is counted as the highest card, but in Deuces Wild, 2 is counted as the highest card in bonus round.

To draw a card, select it and click the DRAW DEAL button. If you get the higher card, your winnings are doubled and the feature is triggered again. But if you lose, you lose your earnings on that hand. In case of a tie, the feature is triggered again. The feature triggers every time you win.

Wild Card

A wild card can take place of any card in a hand. This card helps make a winning combination. Deuces Wild, as the name suggests, counts 2 as the wild card.

Winning Hands

Deuces Wild recognizes the hands listed in the following table. Have a look at it to know what card each hand contains.

Hand	Description
Royal Flush	10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace of same suit
4 Deuces	Four 2s
Wild Royal w/2s	Royal Flush that uses a wild 2
5 of a Kind	Five cards of same rank
Straight Flush	Five cards of same suit in sequence
4 of a Kind	Four cards of the same rank
Full House	Three of a kind, plus a pair
Flush	Five cards of the same suit
Straight	Five cards in sequence
3 of a Kind	Three cards of the same rank

Payout Table

Each hand pays a different amount of money. The following table, which is also available on the game screen, contains all hands and their respective payouts when you play with one or more coins.

Your Hand			No. of Coins Played
			1	2	3
Royal Flush	250	500	750	1000	4000
4 Deuces	200	400	600	800	1000
Wild Royal w/2s	25	50	75	100	125
5 of a Kind	15	30	45	60	75
Straight Flush	9	18	27	36	45
4 of a Kind	5	10	15	20	25
Full House	3	6	9	12	15
Flush	2	4	6	8	10
Straight	2	4	6	8	10
3 of a Kind	1	2	3	4	5

Multi Hand Games

Multi-hand versions of the game are also available. Playing multiple hands can quicken your game speed. You can play up to 100 hands at the same time.

A multi-hand game screen looks different. On the left side, you can see the amount of money offered for different winning hands. This is not the paytable though. The paytable is hidden by default. Click the Paytable button to see it. To hide the paytable, click the Paytable button again.

Once you’re ready click the Deal button. You are dealt five cards. All hands that you are playing will get the same five cards initially. When you click to hold a card, the same card is held for all the hands. But when you click the Draw button, you are dealt different cards for each hand.

In a 52- or 100-hand game, the cards appear so small that it’s not easy to see the combination. Moving the mouse helps to see the combination on a card by magnifying it.

Besides the Double or Nothing feature, a multi-hand game has another feature called Speed Deal to increase the game speed. Check the Speed Deal box to activate it. Once activated, the cards are dealt in jiffy. Check the box again to deactivate the feature.

Playing multiple hands at once has its own pros and cons. It can alter the game speed which in turn can speed up the rate at which different winning hands turn up. But it also means that you will be wagering more money. Your chances of winning don’t increase because each hand is dealt from a different deck.

Strategy

Deuces Wild is an exciting game of Video Poker which uses the 2 card as the wild card. In other words, the Deuces or 2 cards, substitute for any other card in the deck. Certain winning hands can be built by using 2s as a wild card. Wild Royal and Five-of-a-Kind are winning hands built with wild card. Though there is no specific strategy as such to win, you can use those below to increase your odds of winning.

Play for Royal Flush and Wild Royal: Royal Flush (10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace of same unit) is the highest paying hand in Deuces Wild. It pays as high as 4000 coins. Wild Royal is a Royal Flush built with the help of a 2—which is the wild card . Hold the cards that make the Royal Flush and if you do not get it, you have a chance of getting Wild Royal which pays 125 coins on Bet Max option.

Use Bet Max: While betting on Deuces Wild, always choose to play with Bet Max to increase the payouts on winning hands. You can get 1000 and 4000 coins respectively on Four Deuces and Royal Flush, if you choose the Bet Max option.

Play Multiple Hands: You can play with 3 hands, 10 hands, 52 hands, or 100 hands. Playing multiple hands of Deuces Wild Poker provides you the best opportunity to win because they yield multiple hands, instead of just one. Thus the odds of winning are greatly increased.

Hold a Single Pair but not Two Pairs: If you get a single pair, hold the pair so that you get an opportunity to build winning hands of Three-of a-Kind, Four- of a- Kind and Five-of a- Kind. However, if you get two pairs after the cards are dealt, then do not hold the two pairs, as it blocks the chance of building Four-of a- Kind. Fancy a free play? Download CoolCat Casino, the preferred casino by US players and enjoy Deuces Wild poker all night and day for real money or at our fun mode!

Tips

Luck is an important thing in gambling but it is not the only thing you need to win. You need to apply skills as well whenever you can. Video poker is not a chance-based game, so a few strategies would definitely help you win or save money.

Well begun is half done. It never hurts to get acquainted with the game. You may not like to wager real money to know about different hands and combinations recognized by the game. Play the game for fun for some time. See for yourself how the bonus feature is triggered and how to handle it for maximum returns.

Always hold the cards that you think can give you a decent payout and discard other cards. You would never want to discard the wild cards. Sometimes, you may want to replace your entire hand if you think it’s useless.

For maximum turn over, place the max bet. You may hate to receive a small payout on a Royal Flush after so much hard work. The Double or Nothing feature triggers automatically on the amount that you win a in hand or in the bonus feature. While it can double your winnings as long as you’re winning. But if you lose, you lose all your winnings. So, take care when you utilize this feature.

History

Glossary

Hand: The cards that are dealt to you form a hand.

Drawing Hand: A hand in which you draw more cards to complete a winning combination.

Hopper: Coins are held in a Hopper inside a video poker machine.

Payout: The amount that you can win for a particular hand.

Pay table: The table that lists all possible payouts.

Rank: The rank of a card is the numeric value that it carries, for example, 8, 10, or 2.

Wild Card: A special card in video poker that you can use to replace another card.

Max Bet: The maximum bet that you can place on a video poker machine is called the max bet.

Currency Detector: A device usually found in land-based video poker machines that detects and validates the coins as they are inserted.