Deuces Wild uses a standard 52-card deck with all four deuces (2s) acting as wild cards. Three of a kind becomes the lowest card combination for payout. A pair and two pair hands don’t pay out. You're going to be hitting Full Houses and Flushes more often because of the wild cards. Deuces Wild makes it possible to have Five of a Kind. But a hand of four deuces will pay out more. Deuces Wild Video Poker Tips Deuce is the only single card you can hold. Throw away a single ace or any high card. Don’t think that they will help you in forming a good hand. There is no such thing as a high card in Deuces Wild. Discarding a deuce is forbidden! Only if there is a chance of receiving a natural royal you can do it. You will never hold only one other card with a single deuce. There is no point in keeping any other ‘high’ card with a deuce. Two Pair is not worth holding either. You must discard one pair (it doesn't matter which) and draw three. As a rule, you don't want to play a machine that has less than a five-for-one payout on four of a kind. Classic Poker Tips.