9/4/4 Bonus Deuces Wild strategy

Introduction

The following video poker strategy is for 9/4/4 Bonus Deuces Wild.

To use the strategy, locate the appropriate category based on how many deuces were dealt, then look up all of the reasonable ways to play a hand and choose the play that is highest on the list. While optimal strategy returns 99.4502%, the strategy presented below is the optimal "exceptionless" strategy, which returns 99.4464%.

No Deuces Dealt

1. Royal Flush
2. 4 to a Royal Flush
3. Straight Flush
4. 4 of a kind
5. Full House
6. Flush
7. 3 of a kind
8. 4 to a Straight Flush
9. 3 to a Royal Flush
10. Straight
11. 4 to a Flush
12. 2 pair
13. 1 pair
14. 3 to a Straight Flush (except Ace-low)
15. 2 to a Royal Flush: TJ, TQ, JQ
16. 3 to a Straight Flush (Ace-low)
17. 2 to a Royal Flush: TK/JK/QK
18. Discard everything

One Deuce Dealt

1. Full House or better
2. 4 to a Wild Royal Flush
3. Flush
4. 3 of a kind: 3s/4s/5s, Qs/Ks/As
5. 4 to a Straight Flush: deuce + A34/A35/A45, 345, 567, 678, 789, 89T, 9TJ
6. 3 of a kind: 6s/7s/8s/9s/Ts/Js
7. 4 to a Straight Flush: deuce + 346/356, 456, 457/467, 568/578, 679/689, 78T/79T, 89J/8TJ, 9TQ/9JQ
8. 4 to a Straight Flush: deuce + 347/357/367, 458/468/478, 569/579/589, 67T/68T/69T, 78J/79J/7TJ, 89Q/8TQ/8JQ, 9TK/9JK/9QK
9. 3 to a Wild Royal Flush: deuce + TJ
10. 3 to a Wild Royal Flush: deuce + TQ/JQ
11. 3 to a Wild Royal Flush: deuce + TK/JK/QK
12. 3 to a Wild Royal Flush: deuce + TA/JA/QA/KA
13. Straight
14. 4 to a Flush
15. 3 to a Straight Flush: deuce + 67, 78, 89, 9T
16. Deuce only

Two Deuces Dealt

1. 4 of a kind or better
2. 4 to a Wild Royal Flush
3. Deuces + Ace
4. Deuces only

Three Deuces Dealt

1. 5 of a kind or better
2. Deuces + Ace
3. Deuces only

Four Deuces Dealt

1. Deuces + Ace
2. Deuces only

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Written by: Michael Shackleford