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DJ Wild (Deuces, Joker) is apoker game that recently hit the casino circuit. Marketed by Shuffle Master, the company that alsogave us Three Card Poker, Four CardPoker, Caribbean Stud, Let it Ride, Blackjack Switch, andMississippi Stud, may have anotherwinner.
DJ Wild Poker hand rankings The rank of the cards used in DJ Wild Poker for the determination of winning hands, in order of highest to lowest rank, shall be: ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2. The highest ranking hand is a 5 Card Wild hand. The Joker and all deuces are wild in the game of DJ Wild Poker.
The objective of this pokergame is to have a higher hand than the dealer. DJ Wild is played with astandard 52 card deck, plus one Joker. The 4 deuces and one joker make up fivewild cards that can be substituted for any card.
Players must first make (2)equal bets in the Ante and Blind positions. An optional Trips bet is also available which payseven if the player loses the hand to the dealer.
Each player and dealer receivefive cards face down. After reviewing the cards, the player makes one of twochoices: (1) Fold, forfeiting the Ante and Blind wagers, the Trips bet if maderemains active. (2) Make a Play betof 2X the Ante. The player tucks the played cards face down under the wager.
The dealer will then revealhis cards, and in turn will compare the hand to the players’ hands that madethe play wager. If the dealer beats the player, The Ante, Blind, and Play betslose.
If the dealer and player tie,the Ante, Blind, and play bets push. If the player beats the dealer, the ante& play bets pay even money, the blind bet pays according to the followingpay table:
FiveWilds 1000/1
RoyalFlush 50/1
Fiveof a Kind 10/1
StraightFlush 9/1
Fourof a Kind 4/1
FullHouse 3/1
Flush 2/1
Straight 1/1
All Other. Push
This poker game’s winningtrips wager pays according to the poker value of the player’s hand providingthe hand has at least three of a kind. There are two separate pay tables, onewithout and one with wild cards. Payout amounts may vary slightly betweenjurisdictions, here is a common table:
Natural Wild
Royal Flush - 1000/1 Five Wilds - 2000/1
Straight Flush - 200/1. Royal Flush - 100/1
Four of a Kind - 90/1. Five of a Kind - 100/1
Full House - 40/1. Straight Flush - 30/1
Flush - 25/1. Four of a Kind - 6/1
Straight - 20/1. Full House - 5/1
Three of a kind - 6/1. Flush - 4/1
Straight - 3/1
Three of a Kind - 1/1
Another optional upgrade wagerfor DJ Wild Poker that’s available is the TwoWay Bad Beat. (A bad beat is when you get beat and get paid.) With this option the player and dealermust have three of a kind or better, without a tie. If the player loses to thedealer, the player wins according to the following losing table:
RoyalFlush - 10,000/1
Fiveof a Kind - 10,000/1
StraightFlush - 5,000/1
Fourof a Kind - 500/1
FullHouse - 400/1
Flush- 300/1
Straight- 100/1
Three of a Kind - 9/1
Strategy for this game is toraise with any pair of four or better. Otherwise fold. The house edgeiscalculated at about 3.5%.
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