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The
Deuce is on The Loose!
By Skip Hughes
It’s well known that Deuces Wild and some of it’s more exotic variations
yield a very high return for accurate play. Regular Deuces Wild, for instance
offers a payback of over 100.76%. The variation found at Sam’s Town in
Las Vegas called both Deuces Pay 200 and Bonus Deuces improves to about 100.95%.
Perhaps the most intriguing variety however is known as Loose Deuces. Loose
Deuces is a visual standout with a garish orange-red display hawking the 2500
coin payoff for four deuces (with 5 coins played.) There are several varieties
of this game, all denoted by the five of a kind/straight flush payoff.
The most commonly found varieties are the relative low paying 12/8 (even this
version pay 99.8%) the 12/10 (100.2%) version and the 15/8 (100.15%) game. The
15/10 version is harder to find, but at 100.97% is worth searching out. However
the highest paying version of this game, the 17/10 version which returns an
incredible -101.6%(!) now seems to be reappearing in Las Vegas. It has been
found at least two casinos in Glitter Gulch and more may follow.
17/10
LOOSE DEUCES
| HAND |
FREQUENCY |
OCCURS
EVERY n HAND; WHERE n = |
PAYS
(Bet = 5) |
CONTRIBUTION
TO TOTAL RETURN |
| ---------- |
--------- |
-------------- |
-------- |
--------------- |
| ROYAL
FLUSH |
0.00%
|
45310
|
4000
|
1.77%
|
| FOUR
DEUCES |
0.02%
|
4702.1
|
2500
|
10.63%
|
| ROYAL
W/DEUCE |
0.17%
|
589.07
|
125
|
4.24%
|
| FIVE
OF A KIND |
0.32%
|
315.26
|
85
|
5.39%
|
| STRAIGHT
FLUSH |
0.43%
|
230.21
|
50
|
4.34%
|
| FOUR
OF A KIND |
6.51%
|
15.357
|
20
|
26.05%
|
| FULL
HOUSE |
2.12%
|
47.27
|
15
|
6.35%
|
| FLUSH |
1.64%
|
60.863
|
10
|
3.29%
|
| STRAIGHT |
5.54%
|
18.058
|
10
|
11.08%
|
| THREE
OF A KIND |
28.47%
|
3.5124
|
5
|
28.47%
|
| GARBAGE |
54.78%
|
1.8256
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0
|
0.00%
|
|
|
|
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101.6
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There is a catch,
however. This game is not only the highest paying flat-top around but also the
most volatile. As the table shows, fully 12.4% of the payoff for this game is
in the four deuces jackpot and the royal flush. So in between those two jackpots
you are playing at a payback of 87.6%!
Worse than this, if you remove the often hard to get wild royal and five of
a kind you are playing at 78%! This will obviously lead to some very mean
losing streaks. You will generally need a wad of ‘Ben Franklins’ to
play this game (which is only available in the quarter denomination.)
STRATEGY TIPS:
Basic changes from regular DW strategy.
Always draw to three Deuces (break up a Wild RF or 5 of a kind).
With two deuces, break up a four card straight flush.
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Skip Hughes plays,
analyzes and writes about video poker. His acclaimed Video Poker Survival Kit
is designed for the recreational player. Visit his web site at
http://www.vid-poker.com.
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