DDB vs. Deuces Wild

[Onenickelmiracl]

I've avoided learning deuces strategy and stay away from it. Ddb is so much easier to play. Qq ddb is my fav. Quick quads, love hearing that voice. It's also one of my best pay tables available, so there's that.

[FloridaPhil]

[quote=Onenickelmiracl]Ddb is so much easier to play. [/quote]DDB strategy  is definitely easier.  I played it for years until switching to deuces three years ago.  I liked DDB but you need to avoid slitting your wrists on bad days. [quote=Vman96]Another thing frustrating about deuces is the need to throw away your
entire hand a lot as well as the times you hit any natural four of a
kind other than deuces.[/quote]Some of the best hands in deuces are dealt to you.  I once watched someone play deuces by only holding all the deuces.  I would never play that way, but it was amazing how well they did.

[olds442jetaway]

There is a player at Mohegan Sun that claims to be ahead for the year by also holding just the deuces. He will also hold a few other hands like if he needs 1 card for the wild royal. He is a short term hit and run player. His theory is if you catch the deuces in an off cycle, you can hold things like a pair with no deuces or a single deuce with two other cards toward a straight flush till the cows come in and and you will eventually bust. I am actually tempted to play either on my wolf program that way or here on the site where it costs nothing and see what happens. No matter what others say Phil, we both know the home run days are when the deuces come in flurries. That is what this guy does. Tries to wait for the flurries and when they are done, he packs it in.

[WhitneyReed]

I have to respectfully disagree with a couple of the above posts; DW is much easier to learn than DDB. The DW strategy is based on the number of deuces you're dealt, so it's easier to memorize. It's a good beginners game.

[FloridaPhil]

My wife and I don't find it that difficult.  Some of the smaller nuances to 100% perfect strategy can get tedious, but they don't cost that much unless you are playing for big money or it's your thing to play perfect.

[olds442jetaway]

I find the DW strategy very easy to learn. The important part is it does change quite a bit depending on which paytable you are using especially when going for a full house when 2 pair are dealt. That comes up a lot so you need to know what to do in that situation.

[DAAnMAAn]

I've given some thought to this deuces wild strategy of only holding deuces no matter what, sort of a triple deuces strategy.
Except for double or triple deuces, this has to be a long term loser, but short term might be a different story.
It's gambling against the percentage plays for sure. I know this would result in more quad deuces being hit, but just simply won't match up with the better math plays long term. Key word is long term.
Having said all that, if your on a weekend trip,
Down and only have one day left before going home, I would tend to advocate this type of play, or at least not slam it.
Go big or go home.
If your a player who is concerned about mathematical correct play, planning to play long term, want the best long term results,
Then leave the gambling to the suckers.
Cheers
Ps I've found fpdw strategy to be easy to learn closely following wizard of odds fpdw strategy returning 100.71% of X.76%. I've since picked up some penalty card situations which should bring it up a tad, but just a tad. The difference between close to perfect to perfect is a mile wide. Less than that, not so much. DDB strategy I've learned over time using software and practice. about the same level of hard. I've found nsud and double bonus to be the toughest. Still learning.

[FloridaPhil]

The players I was referring to were a couple in the high limit room back before the financial crisis.  Back then the Hard Rock only had a few class 3 slots and I had to wait to get a machine.  Some days the only way I could play was to play $5 and above. I watched a man and a young woman feed a big stack of $100s into two video poker machines as fast as they could. They were both playing deuces wild and picking only the deuces.   Every once in a while one of them hit a hand pay and the slot hostess who was standing there would have them sign a W2G form.  This went on for about 40 minutes when they left.  I never saw them hit a royal or a quad deuce, but they kept fairly even while I was watching.I always wondered if the man had cleaned out the company safe and was on the run with his secretary?   Who knows...   

[onemoretry]

They were both playing deuces wild and picking only the deuces.  Even with a fairly good dealt hand like a wild royal?

[FloridaPhil]

I'm sure they kept all the good dealt hands.  They were playing so fast it was hard for me to see what strategy they were actually using.  All I remember is the hand pay girl standing next to them and she was busy as I remember.  Haven't seen anything like that since.