Loose Deuces Strategy

Loose Deuces is a common variant of Deuces Wild video poker that offers a bonus round at the end of each winning hand, and also offers slightly better pay tables overall. This page will provide the mathematically correct strategy for playing Loose Deuces video poker. Our Loose Deuces strategy will get you to a 100.97% payout percentage if you're playing a full pay machine and follow our chart exactly.

Here the full pay Loose Deuces pay table which was used for this strategy:

Hand	Payout
Natural Royal Flush	800
Four Deuces	500
Wild Royal Flush	25
Five of a Kind	15
Straight Flush	10
Four of a Kind	4
Full House	3
Flush	2
Straight	2
Three of a Kind	1

Make sure to note that the above table is assuming that you're betting five coins per hand. If you bet less than five coins per hand the Natural Royal Flush payout will diminish.

Expert Loose Deuces Wild Strategy

Here is how you should use this page:

Determine how many Deuces are in your hand.
Find the appropriate section depending on how many Deuces are in your hand.
Find the highest match for your hand on the list. For example, if you have AAJ109 with four spades, and "One Pair" is higher on the list than "Four to a Flush" you should keep the one pair and forget about the flush.

Strategy for Hands with No Deuces

Here are the ranks for hands with no deuces. Remember, find the highest match on the list for your hand and hold those cards. In the example column, h = Hearts, s = Spades, c = Clubs, d = Diamonds, T = Ten, s = Suited.

Hand	Example
Pat Royal Flush	Th-Jh-Qh-Kh-Ah
Royal Flush Draw	Th-Jh-Qh-Kh-4h
Pat Straight Flush	6h-7h-8h-9h-Th
Four of a Kind	Ac-Ad-As-Ah-5c
Pat Full House	Ac-Ad-As-Js-Jc
Pat Flush	Ac-Jc-6c-5c-4c
Pat Straight	4c-5s-6h-7h-8h
Three of a Kind	Ac-Ad-As-Js-Tc
Open Straight Flush Draw (3456s-9TJQs)	4c-5c-6c-7c-10h
Inside Straight Flush Draw	Qs-Js-9s-8s-4c
Three to a Royal	Qs-Js-Ts-4c-3c
One Pair	As-Ac-Jc-10h-5c
Open Three to a Straight Flush (5-6-7s » 9-T-Js)	6c-7c-8c-10h-Jh
Open Ended Straight Draw (not 3-4-5-6)	5c-6c-7h-8c-Js
Four to a Flush	Ac-Jc-6c-5c-4h
Three to a Straight Flush, One Gap (7-Q High)	8c-9c-Jc-4h-3h
4-5-6 suited	4c-5c-6c-8h-9h
3-4-5 suited	3c-4c-5c-8s-9s
J-T-7 suited	Jc-Tc-7c-4h-2h
J-T suited	Jc-10c-8s-6s-4h
Three to a St. Flush, 2 Gaps, 7-K Hi (w/ no penalty*)	7c-9c-Jc-4h-5h
3-4-6 suited, 3-5-6 suited (w/ no penalty*)	3c-4c-6c-9h-Jh
Q-J suited, Q-T suited (w/ no penalty*)	Qs-Ts-7c-6c-3h
3-4-5-6 unsuited	3c-4s-5h-7d-As
Inside Straight Draw (not A-3-4-5)	4c-5s-7d-8h-Js
Everything Else » Draw Five New Cards	Ks-Jh-8c-6s-3h

Strategy for Hands with One Deuce

Here are the ranks for hands with one deuce. Remember, find the highest match on the list for your hand and hold those cards. The middle column shows the expected return for the specific hand. In the example column, h = Hearts, s = Spades, c = Clubs, d = Diamonds, T = Ten, s = Suited.

Hand	Example
Pat Wild Royal Flush	2h-Ks-Qs-Js-Ts
Pat Five of a Kind	2h-Ah-Ac-As-Ad
Pat Straight Flush	6s-2h-7s-8s-9s
Four of a Kind	Ac-As-Ah-2h-6s
Four to a Wild Royal	10s-Js-2h-Qs-4c
Pat Full House	3s-3c-2h-Js-Jc
Open Straight Flush Draw	2s-6c-7c-8c-Qh
Four to a Straight Flush, One Gap (7-Q High)	2c-9c-Jc-Qc-3h
Pat Flush	2h-6c-9c-Jc-Ac
Pat Straight	2h-6c-7s-8d-9h
Three of a Kind	2h-Kc-Ks-5d-9s
Four to a Straight Flush, Two Gaps, (7-K High)	Kc-Jc-9c-2s-4h
2-3-4-6 suited, 2-3-5-6 suited	2c-3s-4s-6s-Jd
2-A-3-4 suited, 2-A-3-5 suited, 2-A-4-5 suited	2h-Ac-3c-4c-Ks
Three to a Wild Royal, Jack High	Js-2h-10s-4c-5c
Three to a Wild Royal, Queen High	Qh-2c-Jh-4s-3s
Three to a Wild Royal, King High	Ks-2c-Qs-4h-3h
Open Three to a Straight Flush, 2-6-7s » 2-9-Ts	2h-7s-8s-Jc-Ad
Everything Else » Keep Deuce and Draw Four	2h-4c-8s-Jd-As

Strategy for Hands with Two Deuces

Here are the ranks for hands with two deuces. Remember, find the highest match on the list for your hand and hold those cards. The middle column shows the expected return for the specific hand. In the example column, h = Hearts, s = Spades, c = Clubs, d = Diamonds, T = Ten, s = Suited.

Hand	Example
Pat Wild Royal Flush	2h-Ks-Qs-Js-2c
Pat Five of a Kind	2h-2c-Js-Jd-Jh
Pat Straight Flush	2h-2c-6s-7s-8s
Four of a Kind	2h-2c-Js-Jc-5s
Four to a Wild Royal	2h-2c-Js-As-4h
Everything Else » Keep Deuces and Draw Three	2h-2c-As-5c-9d

Strategy for Hands with Three Deuces

Here are the ranks for hands with three deuces. Remember, find the highest match on the list for your hand and hold those cards. The middle column shows the expected return for the specific hand. In the example column, h = Hearts, s = Spades, c = Clubs, d = Diamonds, T = Ten, s = Suited.

Hand	Example
Everything » Keep Deuces and Draw Two	2h-2c-2s-6d-Jc

Strategy for Hands with Four Deuces

Here are the ranks for hands with four deuces. Remember, find the highest match on the list for your hand and hold those cards. The middle column shows the expected return for the specific hand. In the example column, h = Hearts, s = Spades, c = Clubs, d = Diamonds, T = Ten, s = Suited.

Hand	Example
Pat Four of a Kind Deuces	2h-2s-2d-2c-Ah

*Penalty cards are any cards which you plan to discard that hurt your chances of completing a draw. For example, if you have 7c-9c-Jc-8s-5h and plan to keep the 7c-9c-Jc, the 8s that you're discarding actually hurts you because there is one less card in the deck that completes your straight. However, it still makes sense to discard the 8s because you have better expected return going for the straight flush than to draw to the inside straight.

Other Loose Deuces Pay Tables

Like I mentioned before, many online casinos choose to use low pay return tables, as they increase the house edge and bring in more revenue for the casino. If you're playing Loose Deuces and notice the pay table is different than what we listed at the top of the page, you're probably playing a low pay version of the game. The strategy on this page will still be very good, but it most likely won't be perfect because of the edited pay table.

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