DJ Wild Stud Poker™ is a poker-style casino game where the Player is playing against the Dealer’s hand. The Player has a choice to play either 1, 2 or 3 hands at one time. The game utilizes a 53-card deck consisting of a standard 52-card deck plus a Joker.
Available from 888, DJ Wild Stud Poker is a poker-style table game which you play with a standard 52-card deck plus a Joker. The Deuces (i.e. The cards with a rank of two) plus the Joker card are wild and can substitute any other card, whatever its suit or rank. 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. DJ Wild Stud Poker at CaesarsCasino.com can be described as the perfect blend of a blackjack strategy with the game rules of stud poker. Just as in blackjack you need to have a strong betting strategy as you play against the dealer. The game starts by selecting your ante or betting on the outcome of hitting trips. This is absolutely wild. And we mean that totally literally. DJ Wild Stud Poker pits you against the dealer in a game of poker that features wild twos, plus a Joker for even more surprises. That's right, five wild cards in a single deck to make things way more interesting. Place your ante bet, get your 5-card hand, then decide to fold or call.
DJ Wild Card Poker RULES OF PLAY
1. DJ Wild Stud Poker is a five-card poker game that utilizes a Designated Player. As in other games featuring a Designated Player, the players play against another player who will collect all losings and pay all winnings to the extent that their wager covers. Players will compare their hand to the Designated Players hand and must beat the Designated Player hand to win. DJ Wild Card Poker will utilize a Joker as a wild card.
2. Deuces and the single joker are all considered fully wild. Hence, they can complete straights, flushes, quads, full houses, etc.
3. Each player and the DESIGNATED PLAYER is dealt five cards in a clockwise fashion. From these cards each player will make their best five-card poker hand. The layout for DJ Wild Stud Poker table shall have wagering areas for seven players. All wagers in DJ Wild Card Poker shall be made by placing gaming chips on the appropriate betting areas of the table layout keeping in mind the table minimum and maximum wagering limits.
4. Hand rankings are mostly conventional and listed as followed in descending order:
- Five Wilds
- Royal Flush
- Five of a Kind (Quints)
- Straight Flush
- Quads
- Full House
- Flush
- Straight
- Trips
- Two Pair
- Pair
- High-card
5. After all players have played or folded their hands, the DESIGNATED PLAYER will reveal their cards. Then, the dealer will individually compare it to each player’s hand going in a counter-clockwise direction to determine the outcome. Players must beat the Designated Player’s Hand.
6. If the player wins against the DESIGNATED PLAYER hand, then their BET and CALL bets are paid one-to-one. If the player wins and also has a qualifying hand for the BLIND bet, then it will be paid out accordingly. Otherwise, if the player wins but does not have a qualifying hand for the BLIND wager, then the BLIND wager pushes. If the player wins and has a sufficient hand for the optional BONUS side bet, then it will be paid out accordingly.
Otherwise, the BONUS wager will be forfeited despite the player winning the hand. If the player is holding a hand of the same rank as the DESIGNATED PLAYER then the BET, CALL, and BONUS bets will all push. If the player and the DESIGNATED PLAYER are also holding the same qualifying hand (trips or better) for the BONUS wager, then the BONUS wager pushes as well. If the player’s hand loses against the DESIGNATED PLAYER’s hand, then all of their bets are forfeited.
Betting Structure
1. To receive cards each player must place a minimum of $5 up to a maximum of $500 on both the BET and BLIND.
2. An optional BONUS bet can be placed initially along with mandatory BET and BLIND wager. This bet can be a minimum of $5 up to a maximum of $500 ( Note this bet is only paid out if the player’s hand wins against the DESIGNATED PLAYER’s hand and qualifies according to the pay table)
3. After receiving their cards, the player will make the decision to either fold or continue playing the hand. If the player decides to play their cards, then they must place a new bet on the CALL spot that is 2х their initial BET wager.
4. If a player wishes to play “blind”, then they must preemptively place a wager on the BET, BLIND, and CALL spots in accordance with the standard betting rules.
5. If a player wishes to play multiple spots, then they are only allowed to look at one hand and must play all others “blind”.
6. If the player and the Designated Player have the same hand it is a push even if one uses wild cards or not.
7. For the player to win they must beat the Designated Player.
8. A natural and wild card hand of the same ranking are equal. Example a natural straight flush to the 9 does not beat a wild card straight flush to the 9, they are equal.
9. A natural 6-high Straight or 6-high straight flush (2,3,4,5,6) will receive the eligible bonus payout ofeither 20 to 1 for a straight or 200 to 1 for a straight flush as long as the hand beats the designated players hand.
10. For the non- BONUS wagers, when comparing the Player’s hand to the Designated Player’s, the best five-card combination will be used.
11. Max Aggregate Payout of $50,000.
All wagers are paid to the extent the Designated Player’s money in action. For example, all bets are paid to the extent of the Designated Player’s available funds. If at any time the Designated Player does not have sufficient funds to cover a player’s wager: a player’s hand will be considered dead, the player’s wager will be returned and not considered for purposes of the House Rake. Note: A House Rake (charge to each player for participating in the game) may be imposed in the following fashion:
- Upon all players uniformly,
- Upon all players uniformly and not upon the Designated Player, or
- Upon the Designated Player only and not upon any other player
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Introduction
DJ Wild is a poker-based game in which deuces and a joker are wild. After making an Ante and Blind bet the player has a simple raise or fold decision to make. Then his hand is compared to the dealer's — the higher hand wins.
I first saw the game at the 2014 Global Gaming Expo. Later, I saw it at the New York New York casino in Las Vegas on April 23, 2015. I've since heard of other placements. Here is all I know about as of April 27, 2015:
- Las Vegas: New York New York
- Michigan: Greektown casino
- Ohio: Cleveland Horseshoe
- California: Unknown
- United Kingdom: Unknown
Rules
- A 53-card deck is used, including a single joker.
- Hands are ranked as follows, from highest to lowest:
- Five wilds
- Royal flush
- Five of a kind
- Straight flush
- Four of a kind
- Full house
- Flush
- Straight
- Three of a kind
- Two pair
- Pair
- Ace high or less
- Play starts with the player making equal bets on the Ante and Blind. The player may also make an optional Trips side bet.
- The dealer shall deal the player and himself five cards each. Dealer cards are dealt face down.
- After examining his cards, the player may either fold or make a Play bet. The Play bet must be equal to two times the Ante.
- The dealer shall reveal his cards and compare his hand to the player's, the higher poker value wins.
- If the dealer has the higher hand, then the player shall lose the Ante, Blind, and Play bets.
- If the two hands tie, then the Ante, Blind, and Play bets shall push.
- If the player has the higher hand, then the Ante and Play bets shall pay even money. The Blind bet will pay according to the pay table below. All wins shown are on a 'to one' basis.
- The Trips bet shall pay according to the poker value of the player's bet only. More information is available on the Trips bet at the bottom of this page.
Blind Bet Pay Table
| Player Hand | Pays |
|---|---|
| Five Wilds | 1000 |
| Royal Flush | 50 |
| Five of a Kind | 10 |
| Straight Flush | 9 |
| Four of a Kind | 4 |
| Full House | 3 |
| Flush | 2 |
| Straight | 1 |
| Three of a Kind or Less | Push |
Analysis
The following table shows the number of combinations, probability, and contribution to the return of all possible events.
DJ Wild — Analysis
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player wins with five wilds | 1003 | 1,712,304 | 0.00000035 | 0.00034952 |
| Player wins with royal flush | 53 | 1,719,017,200 | 0.00034984 | 0.01854133 |
| Player wins with five of a kind | 13 | 2,396,963,100 | 0.00048781 | 0.00634147 |
| Player wins with straight flush | 12 | 6,243,236,040 | 0.00127056 | 0.01524670 |
| Player wins with four of a kind | 7 | 88,035,952,768 | 0.01791616 | 0.12541313 |
| Player wins with full house | 6 | 25,233,599,448 | 0.00513528 | 0.03081168 |
| Player wins with flush | 5 | 31,727,826,728 | 0.00645692 | 0.03228459 |
| Player wins with straight | 4 | 138,585,030,624 | 0.02820338 | 0.11281354 |
| Player wins with three of a kind or less | 3 | 1,944,630,013,152 | 0.39575088 | 1.18725263 |
| Tie | 0 | 560,641,504 | 0.00011410 | 0.00000000 |
| Player folds | -2 | 1,507,375,457,280 | 0.30676538 | -0.61353075 |
| Dealer wins | -4 | 1,167,263,654,092 | 0.23754936 | -0.95019744 |
| Total | 4,913,773,104,240 | 1.00000000 | -0.03467361 |
The lower right cell shows an expected loss of 3.47% of a unit. This means if the player bets one unit each on the Ante and Blind, then he can expect to lose 3.47% of one of them. For example, if the player starts with bets of $10 on both the Ante and Blind, then he can expect to lose $10 × 3.47% = 35¢ on average per hand.
The house edge is 3.47% relative to just the Ante bet, or 1.73% relative to both initial required bets, the Ante and Blind.
However, I think an appropriate measure of how good of a value the game is is the Element of Risk. This is the ratio of the expected loss to the total amount bet. On average, the player will raise 69.32% of the time, for an average bet of 2 + 69.32×2 = 3.39 units. The Element of Risk is thus 3.47%/3.39 = 1.02%.
Dj Wild Poker Layouts
The standard deviation, relative to the Ante bet, is 3.44.
If you're wondering where the house advantage lays, it is in the Blind bet. That wins 5.98% of the time only and carries an expected player loss of 38.2%.
Strategy
The strategy to DJ Wild is conveniently quite simple, as follows:
Raise with a pair of fours or better, except with two fours and a three singleton. Otherwise fold.
The three singleton exception makes sense because a pair of fours will beat a pair of threes, and the chances of the dealer getting a pair of threes is significantly less with one of them in the player's hand.
Player collusion would likely be powerful in this game. If you and the other players don't have any wild cards, then I would be more inclined to fold with a marginal hand, because of the increased probability the dealer will get one or more wild cards. Likewise, with a lot of wilds out, the player should be more inclined to raise. I'll leave it to Grosjean, Jacobson, and How to figure out the details on that.
Trips
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As mentioned in the rules, Trips is an optional side bet that pays based only on the value of the player's hand. The player must have at least a three of a kind to win. Wins pay more if they are natural, as opposed to using a wild card. If a hand has a deuce, but still counts it as a deuce (for example an A2345 straight), then it shall pay as a natural win.
There are four pay tables available. The following table shows the probability and return of all possible outcomes under the Trip pay table used at the New York New York.
Trips Bet — '90-30-6' New York New York Pay Table
| Player Hand | Wild/Natural | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal flush | Natural | 1,000 | 4 | 0.000001 | 0.001394 |
| Straight flush | Natural | 200 | 36 | 0.000013 | 0.002509 |
| Four of a kind | Natural | 90 | 528 | 0.000184 | 0.016559 |
| Full house | Natural | 40 | 3,168 | 0.001104 | 0.044158 |
| Flush | Natural | 30 | 5,108 | 0.001780 | 0.053400 |
| Straight | Natural | 20 | 10,200 | 0.003554 | 0.071088 |
| Three of a kind | Natural | 6 | 42,240 | 0.014719 | 0.088316 |
| Five wilds | Wild | 2,000 | 1 | 0.000000 | 0.000697 |
| Royal flush | Wild | 100 | 1,000 | 0.000348 | 0.034847 |
| Five of a kind | Wild | 100 | 1,400 | 0.000488 | 0.048786 |
| Straight flush | Wild | 30 | 3,612 | 0.001259 | 0.037760 |
| Four of a kind | Wild | 6 | 51,160 | 0.017828 | 0.106966 |
| Full house | Wild | 5 | 11,880 | 0.004140 | 0.020699 |
| Flush | Wild | 4 | 13,848 | 0.004826 | 0.019302 |
| Straight | Wild | 3 | 73,800 | 0.025717 | 0.077151 |
| Three of a kind | Wild | 1 | 415,800 | 0.144894 | 0.144894 |
| Loser | Either | -1 | 2,235,900 | 0.779145 | -0.779145 |
| Total | 2,869,685 | 1.000000 | -0.010617 |
The following table shows all three pay tables. The column headings show what each pays for a natural four of a kind, flush, and three of a kind. The bottom row shows the house advantage.
Trips Bet — All Pay Tables
| Player Hand | Wild/Natural | 90-25-7 | 90-30-6 | 90-25-6 | 60-25-6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal flush | Natural | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Straight flush | Natural | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| Four of a kind | Natural | 90 | 90 | 90 | 60 |
| Full house | Natural | 40 | 40 | 30 | 30 |
| Flush | Natural | 25 | 30 | 25 | 25 |
| Straight | Natural | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Three of a kind | Natural | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Five wilds | Wild | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Royal flush | Wild | 100 | 100 | 100 | 90 |
| Five of a kind | Wild | 100 | 100 | 100 | 70 |
| Straight flush | Wild | 30 | 30 | 30 | 25 |
| Four of a kind | Wild | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Full house | Wild | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Flush | Wild | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Straight | Wild | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Three of a kind | Wild | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Loser | Either | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| House edge | 0.48% | 1.06% | 3.06% | 6.05% |
Acknowledgement
I would like to thank Shufflemaster, the game owner, for providing me their math report, compiled by Elliot Frome. The analysis above is my own and agrees closely with the simulation in Elliot's report. Elliot deserves proper credit for being the first to think of the strategy indicated above.