Most software providers offer a video poker variant titled Deuces Wild at their online casinos. What makes this video poker variant exciting is that all twos, or deuces, can act as wild cards. Suitable changes are made in the payout table to ensure that the game is viable for both players and online casinos. The optimum strategy for Deuces Wild video poker is also different.

Because of the introduction of four wild cards the chances of making a paying combination increase substantially if the Jacks or Better payout table is followed. Therefore, to neutralize this massive advantage the payout table starts with three of a kind. There are no payouts for lower ranking hands. Three new hand rankings have been introduced in the Jacks or Better payout table between straight flush and natural royal flush. Five of a kind hand can be made with the help of wild deuces. Wild royal flush can also be made with the help of wild deuces. A new hand is four deuces that pays more than other four of a kind hands. The payouts are as follows: natural royal flush 800, four deuces 200, wild royal flush 25, five of a kind 15, straight flush 9, four of a kind 5, full house 3, flush 2, straight 2, three of a kind 1. These payouts are for five coins wagered. As in all video poker variants the player must wager five coins per hand.

The optimum strategy for Deuces Wild is based on the number of deuces dealt in the initial hand. If the player has four deuces in the dealt hand he must hold on to all five cards. The hand will pay as four deuces and the fifth card is irrelevant. If the player has three deuces and with the remaining two cards he can make a royal flush or five of a kind with cards ranked at ten or higher, then he must hold on to all five cards. If one of the remaining two cards is ranked at ten or higher, then the player must hold that card and change the fifth card. If the remaining two cards are less than tens then the player must discard and change both.

If the player has two deuces in the initial hand and he has a hand ranking of four of a kind or higher, then he must hold those cards. Otherwise the optimum strategy for Deuces Wild video poker requires the player to hold cards in the following descending order: four cards to a royal flush, a straight flush with the lowest card being a six and the two deuces.

If the player has one deuce in the initial hand, he must first hold hands ranked four of a kind or higher. Lower paying hands should be broken to try for a wild royal flush. This is very important, because players do not generally like to break paying hands. After that, the optimum strategy for Deuces Wild video poker requires the player to hold cards in the following descending order: full house, four cards to a straight flush with the lowest card being five, straight, flush, three of a kind, four cards to a lower straight flush, three cards to a royal flush, three cards to a straight flush with the lowest card being a six and the deuce.