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Just as poker began dominating card tables in America's
Wild West, some enterprising enthusiasts added the concept
of "wild" cards. The term may have derived from the
famous wildcats, or mountain lions, that would occasionally
come down from the hills at night to add a good deal
of excitement to a mining camp.
There's
plenty of excitement in our Deuces Wild Video Poker
game. It's played like regular Video Poker, but the
Deuces ("2"s) are wild, meaning they can take on the
value of any other card to give you a stronger hand.
With a Wild Deuce, you can turn a Pair into Three-of-a-Kind,
or Two Pair into a Full House. It's easy, it's fun -
and, with a wildcard in your hand, there's always plenty
of excitement!
To
Play
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Set Coin Value. Select the
coin value for the Video Poker machine by clicking
one of three buttons labeled "25¢", "$1" and
"$5" that appear in the lower right-center of the
control panel. This determines whether you are paying
25 cents, one dollar or five dollars for each coin
you are betting in the game.
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Insert Coins. Add money to
the Video Poker machine by clicking on the Casino
chips to drop them in the coin slot. As you add
Casino chips, the coin Credit meter will increment
according to the coin value setting.
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Set Coins Bet. Choose how many
coins you want to bet on each hand. You can bet
up to 5 coins per hand. The Bet One button increases
the coins bet by one each time you click it. Bet
Max adjusts it to the maximum of 5 coins per hand.
The number of coins bet is shown in the Coins Bet
meter and indicated by the highlighted column of
the payout table.
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Click Deal to Start. This deals
five cards to you.
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Hold Cards. Click on those
cards you want to hold. Those not marked by a Hold
Pin will be discarded and replaced on the draw.
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Click Draw. Those cards not
held will be replace with new cards from the deck.
The resulting hand is matched against the payout
table and your bet is settled. Any wildcards showing
will be used to make the highest hand possible.
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Click Deal to Play Again. The
deck will be reshuffled and you'll be dealt a new
hand.
Game
Play:
When
the DEAL button is clicked, the machine will deal five
cards, all face up. Since this is draw poker, you can
chose to hold or discard any of the five cards. Your
goal is make the best hand you can between your original
deal and your potential draw. Any Deuces you get are
wild, so they can help you make a better hand.
To hold
or keep a card, click the HOLD button under that card
or simply click the card. A pin will appear to indicate
that the card is to be held, and the Hold button changes
to RELEASE. If you change your mind, click Release or
(click the card). After cards-to-hold are selected,
click DRAW to draw new cards for those which are to
be discarded (i.e. not held).
These
new drawn cards plus the hold cards from the first deal
constitute your final hand (always a total of 5 cards),
and the game pays according to the chart at the top
of the machine. Payout is accomplished by increasing
your coin credits (shown as a CREDIT meter on the machine
face).
Coins In, Coin Value
and Coins Credit
You
can drop as many Casino chips as you wish into the Insert
Coins slot. Putting chips in the slot increases your
coin credits based on the coin setting for the machine
and the dollar value of the chips. The Video Poker machine
can be set to play $0.25 coins, $1 coins or $5 coins.
If you put a $10 Casino chip in a machine with a $1
coin setting, your coin credits will be 10. If you change
the coin setting to $0.25, your coin credits will increase
to 40 (for a $10 chip).
The
minimum bet per hand is 25 cents and the maximum is
$25 (5 coins times $5 per coin).
When
you are finished playing, you can click COINS OUT to
exchange your coin Credits for Casino chips. As the
coins come out of the machine, the number of Credits
will be multiplied by the coin value setting ($0.25,
$1 or $5) and the resulting amount will be added to
your Casino Account balance. If you exit the game without
clicking Coins Out, we will automatically empty the
machine and increase your Account balance by the proper
amount.
Payouts
Payouts
are as shown in the chart at the top of the machine.
The payout table has rows containing the payout amounts
for various rankings of poker hands (see listing below).
Each rank has 5 possible payout amounts, depending on
the number in the Coins Bet meter. As you change the
Coins Bet value, the vertical column of payout amounts
for that Coins Bet number will be highlighted.
For
example, if you play 1 coin in a $5 Video Poker machine
and come up with a Natural Royal Flush, you will be
credited with 250 coins which represent a winning of
$1,250. If you had bet the maximum of 5 coins and came
up with a Natural Royal Flush, you would be credited
with 4000 coins - representing a winning of $20,000
on a $5 machine!!
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Coins
Bet |
| Value
of Hand |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
| Natural
Royal Flush |
250 |
500 |
750 |
1000 |
*
4000 * |
| Four
Deuces |
200 |
400 |
600 |
800 |
1000 |
| Wild
Royal Flush |
25 |
50 |
75 |
100 |
125 |
| Five
of a Kind |
15 |
30 |
45 |
60 |
75 |
| Straight
Flush |
9 |
18 |
27 |
36 |
45 |
| Four
of a Kind |
4 |
8 |
12 |
16 |
20 |
| Full
House |
4 |
8 |
12 |
16 |
20 |
| Flush |
3 |
6 |
9 |
12 |
15 |
| Straight |
2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
| Three
of a Kind |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Ranking
of Hands for Deuces Wild
Natural
Royal Flush
The highest ranking hand possible. Starting with an
Ace, all five cards are in sequence and in a common
suit. A "natural" hand is one formed without using any
wildcards. So a Natural Royal Flush is an Ace, King,
Queen, Jack and 10 of the same suit without using any
wildcards.
Four
Deuces
Specifically:
2 , 2 , 2 , 2 , Any Card
Wild
Royal Flush
A hand constituting an Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 10
of the same suit, where at least one of the five cards
is a Deuce.
Example:
A, K, Deuce substituting for Q, J, 10
Five
of a Kind
Five cards of the same rank, where at least one of the
five is a Deuce.
Straight
Flush
Five cards both in sequence and common suit, but not
starting with an Ace. Use of wildcards is permitted.
Four
of a Kind
Four cards of the same rank. One or more of the four
can be a Deuce.
Full
House
Three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank.
One or more of either rank can be a Deuce.
Flush
Five cards of same suit.
Straight
Five cards in sequence (Aces may be used high or low),
one or more can be a Deuce.
Three
of a Kind
Three cards of same rank. One or two of the three can
be a Deuce.
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Deuces Wild Rules