On our first video poker strategy page we outlined how to read a video poker strategy card, and gave you the best basic strategy for a full-pay Jacks or Better machine.

On this page we turn our attention to a slightly more complicated video poker strategy for full-pay Deuces Wild - a online baccarat game that has the potential to pay back more than 100%.

For Deuces Wild you have to present two different strategy charts based on the number of deuces in your initial hand. What online poker players call an ‘inside straight’, video poker players often call a straight with a ‘gap’. So if you have four cards of a five card straight, and the missing card is in the middle of the run (meaning the straight can only be completed with one card, as opposed to on either side of a straight) the straight is said to have one gap. If you have the makings of a straight with two missing cards, it’s called a straight with two gaps.

No deuces in initial hand:
Royal flush
Four-card royal flush
Straight flush
Four of a kind
Full house
Three of a kind
Flush
Straight
Four-card straight flush
Three-card royal flush
One pair
Four-card flush
Four-card straight; open, but not 3456
Three-card straight flush
456(s)
345(s)
TJ(s)
Three-card straight flush; two gaps, 7-K high
TQ(s), JQ(s)
346(s), 356(s)
Four-card straight; one gap, includes 3456, but not A345
Nothing (draw five cards)

One deuce in initial hand:
Wild royal flush
Five of a kind
Straight flush
Four of a kind
Four-card wild royal flush
Full house
Four-card straight flush; open, 2 & 567(s) to 2 & 9TJ(s)
Three of a kind
Flush
Straight
Four-card straight flush; one gap, includes 2 & 345(s), 2 & 456(s)
Four-card straight flush; two gaps, 7-K high
2& A34(s), 2 & A35(s), 2 & A45(s)
Three-card royal, no ace
Three-card straight flush; open, 2 & 67(s) to 2 & 9T(s)
Three-card royal, with ace
Deuce Only

Two deuces in initial hand:
Wild royal flush
Five of a kind
Straight flush
Four of a kind
Four-card wild royal flush
Four-card straight flush; open, 2, 2 & 67(s) to 2, 2 & 9T(s)
Two deuces only (draw three cards)

Three deuces in initial hand:
Wild royal flush
Five of a kind: 2, 2, 2, pair of T-A
Three deuces only (draw two cards)

Four deuces in initial hand:
Four deuces (draw one card).