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Slot Machines: Deuces Wild & Deuces Wild Strategy | Slotland
If you like poker and slot games you are going to love Deuces Wild, one of the most popular slots!
Deuces Wild video poker is the all time favorite card game played in video format on slot machines.
Read this article to learn about Deuces Wild, the rules for Deuces Wild, and Deuces wild playing strategy.
How to Play Deuces Wild Video Poker
Deuces Wild begins like all poker games as in you must place an initial bet. Most video poker games share the general betting limits, which is a usually a minimum of 25c and the maximum bet of $10 per wager. The player also has the option of using a multiplier of five coins per bet.
Once the initial bet has been placed, the player is given five cards which are face up. The computer automatically will hold all winning hands. It is the players sole responsibility to build his/her own hand. The player should always keep the deuces (twos) being as these are the wild cards. From the five initial cards, the player selects the cards he wants to keep and will discard the unwanted cards. Once the player discards, the computer will deal new cards that will replace the players unwanted cards. After all cards have been dealt for the second time, the best possible hand is selected and the player is paid out accordingly.
With every win, the player receives a bonus round giving them the chance to double their money. In the bonus round the player is dealt five cards, four facing down and one facing up. From the cards facing down, the player must select a card that is higher than the card that is face up. In the event that the card selected is higher than the face up card, the player has another chance to double the money. If the player is unsuccessful in picking a higher card, the bet is lost and the bonus round will end. At the end of the bonus game, the Deuces Wild game will resume.
Deuces Wild Strategy
The name of the game says it all, Deuces are Wild. Therefore you should always keep your deuces in the initial deal. Below is a list of optional hand builders.
1. There is no need to discard if you receive any of the following; a royal flush, a straight flush, four of a kind, or a full house.
2. If you are dealt a possible straight with four of the five cards, discard the unwanted card and attempt to get a straight or royal flush.
3. If you have a possible straight with three cards, discard the two unwanted cards and get two new ones.
4. If you are dealt two pair, discard the smaller pair to build on the higher pair.
5. If you have a possible straight or flush, discard the unwanted card and build on your straight or flush.
6. If you are dealt a queen-king, queen-jack, or jack-ten of the same color, keep these and discard the unwanted cards and build on your royal flush.
7. If you have a possible deuce royal flush with four cards, discard the unwanted card and build on the deuce royal flush.
8. If you have a possible straight using a deuce to build with, keep the four usable cards, discard the unwanted card and go for the deuce straight.
9. If you have three deuces and two odd cards, discard the odd cards (unmatched) and draw two new ones and build on your deuces.
10.If you are dealt a deuce and four cards of no hand value, discard the four cards, keeping the deuce and draw four new cards.
Using this strategy when playing Deuces Wild, players have done well and built on these strategies to create their own spin on the game.
How To Play Badugi Poker
The game of Badugi poker originated in Asia and is a variant of draw poker. It shares many similarities with Lowball, as it is the lowest hand that wins. It differs significantly from most popular poker variants since hand ranking system is different. The strongest hands are those that have no pairs and four low cards, one of each suit. This is known as a Badugi.
How to Play
Blinds
Badugi poker is played using forced bets known as blinds. The Badgui poker player sitting to the left of the dealer button posts a small blind, while the Badgui poker player to the left of the small blind poster will post the big blind. The small blind is usually half the size of the big blind.
The Deal
Each Badgui poker player is dealt four cards face down. The first round of betting then takes place, where you can call, raise or fold. Badgui poker players still left in the hand after this first betting round now have the option to draw. The idea of the draw is that you can choose to discard any cards that you do not want, and have them replaced with new ones that you hope will improve your hand. You click the cards that you want to discard, and then click the “discard” button. The Badugi poker player at this point can opt to discard all four cards if they want. A second round of betting in Badugi poker then takes place, with players having the option to bet or fold, unless there are no bets, in which case the Badugi poker player can check. Once this round of betting is complete, another draw and betting round takes place. Finally, there is a final draw and betting round, after which a showdown occurs if more than one Badgui poker player remains. The player with the best hand takes the pot.
Basic Strategy Of Badgui Poker
The object of the game is to make a Badugi – a four-card low hand with four different suits, and no pairs. The best possible starting hand therefore is 4-3-2-A (with each card a different suit).
Badugi poker hands are ranked by their highest card, with aces always playing as a low card, and straights ignored. A Badgui poker player holding 9-8-4-3 of different suits (a “Nine Badugi”) would lose to an opponent holding 8-7-3-2 (an “Eight Badugi”) of different suits. Likewise, 6-3-2-A (a “Six Badugi”) would lose to 5-4-3-2 (a “Five Badugi”). If the top cards in the hand are tied, then the next-highest card is considered, and so on. Therefore, a 6-5-4-A (a “Six-Five Badugi”) would lose to a 6-4-3-2 (a “Six-Four Badugi”).
If a hand reaches showdown and no Badgui poker player has a Badugi, the player with the best three-card or two-card hand wins the pot. An example would be, if you hold 6h-4d-3s-Ah, you have two hearts, so the highest one is ignored, leaving a 4-3-A-x. That hand is known as a “Three Card Four”, and would lose to any Badugi, but it would beat 7h-5d-4d-3s (the highest diamond is ignored, making a “Three Card Seven”, 7-4-3-x),. All three-card hands, in turn, beat all two-card hands. For example, Ad-As-2d-2c is a “Two-Card Deuce”, 2-A-X-X, because there are two pairs). In the game of Badgui poker, it is even possible to have a “One Card” hand; for example, Qd-Jd-8d-4d has four cards of the same suit, so three of them are ignored, leaving just the 4d, a “One-Card Four”.
It is important to think about position when playing Badgui poker, as the player last to act is able to gain information on what hands their opponent may have, based on the number of cards they have discarded. If a player who acts before you does not discard any cards, it is likely that they already have a strong hand.