Wild! Wild! Wild! Poker Strategy and Analysis for DDB Players

[OTABILL]

Thanks alpax. All is well here albeit miss my wife. I believe you were active on the forum when she passed in 2020. Heatwave is par for the course. Again glad you are back.

[pokerpokerpoker]

I don't have time or attention span at this moment to pour over all of this, but welcome back Alpax!

[Come Back Kid]

Good to see you back Alpax, glad to hear you're doing okay.

[alpax]

Thanks alpax. All is well here albeit miss my wife. I believe you were active on the forum when she passed in 2020. Heatwave is par for the course. Again glad you are back.

I do recall the story, it was nothing short of heartbreaking for me to hear it happening not too long after your wife's retirement. It is tough for anyone to carry on losing anyone so close and so dear. It is not only important to be financially well, but also maintain good health. Unfortunately I learned how bad processed foods and pharmaceutical drugs are, I try to avoid them the best I can.

It is good to see that you are still enjoying video poker as a hobby on your own terms.

Good to see you back Alpax, glad to hear you're doing okay.

I don't have time or attention span at this moment to pour over all of this, but welcome back Alpax!

Much appreciated CBK and PPP for the welcome! I certainly enjoy the video poker stories that this community has to offer.

At the moment, I am trying to catch up on Power Stacks Poker which was the first new release this year. I see is appear on live casinos so it is worth the effort to look into. I am working on a strategy guide for that unique game and will post it when I am able to complete it.

[OTABILL]

Thanks again Alpax. Appreciate your compassion.

[Vman96]

First time I even stumbled across this game. Appreciate the write up alpax!!!

[alpax]

First time I even stumbled across this game. Appreciate the write up alpax!!!

Thanks Vman and good to hear from you!

I regret that I've made many typographical errors and I was not aware that editing posts are not allowed anymore. I will consider fixing the typos and reposting a clean strategy guide on this thread. It took a lot of energy effort wise and I regrettably got sloppy with copying + pasting.

I have new information to share about Wild! Wild! Wild! Poker

On IGT's YouTube Channel - There was a marketing video released for Wild! Wild! Wild! Poker, it was released today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb-hRLIFrYU

Screenshot of an actual IGT cabinet with Wild! Wild! Wild! Poker

This confirms that IGT will move forward with making this game variant available at the casinos!

The Wizard of Odds site now has a page for Wild! Wild! Wild! Poker and it has information about the frequency of the Wild Cards appearing.

Mr. Shackleford was able to obtain the Bonus Frequency data from the Action Gaming Mathematician for most of the game variants. However the example analysis was done for 9/6 Jacks or Better.

It turns out the Bonus Frequency of 1 in 1.96 reported on the HELP page is actually rounded to 51%, when its value is about 0.5102 I recall that Popping Multipliers was rounded as well which causes discrepancy to the end result.

For 9/6 DDB the Breakdown is the following based on Overall Play

49% No Wild Cards
22% 1 Wild Card Dealt
24% 2 Wild Cards Dealt
5% 3 Wild Cards Dealt

The total RTP for 9/6 DDB with the Bonus feature is listed at 99.265%

I have the returns for the following (I rounded to 3 digits in the main thread, but it is not rounded here)

No Wild Cards (Standard 9/6 DDB) - 4.94904 Credits
1 Wild Card - 9.4668 Credits
2 Wild Cards - 16.83945461 Credits
3 Wild Cards - 27.54712471 Credits

Expected Return - 9.9265509419 returned out of a 10 credit wager

(0.49 * 4.94904) + (0.22 * 9.4668) + (0.24 * 16.83945461) + (0.05 * 27.54712471) = 9.9265509419


0.99265509419 is very close to 99.265%, so I can say that my analysis very closely matches the result that Mr. Shackleford received from the Action Gaming Mathematician.

However, the efforts to learn the strategy still remains a daunting task.

[Jstark]

It just came off the Gold list this month. Played it a bit last night and right now.

[alpax]

Today, video poker content influencer BigKatzPoker posted live play footage of Wild! Wild! Wild! Poker at an actual casino floor.

The background looks like Durango Casino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l55H_pYc4kk

[dinghy]

Today, video poker content influencer BigKatzPoker posted live play footage of Wild! Wild! Wild! Poker at an actual casino floor.

60 second intro montage on a 17 minute video.

What a time to be alive!