The best play is to save the two lowest cards. There is a greater chance of drawing a straight that way. In deuces wild, you always draw to an inside straight in preference to drawing five cards. These hands are of no consequence in regular poker, but learning to recognize them and play them correctly is the key to expert video poker play. The value of the two-card royal flushes can be pretty much understood by just remembering the principle that aces are not particularly good cards.
Most hands have only one obvious correct play.
It is certainly true that people play the machines with wild cards more poorly than those without. This is the only reason that wild card machines can be found that are actually in the player's favor when played optimally. Since their introduction, there has been an explosion of other types. We will start with them. Overview of the Player's Strategy In this section, and in the similar sections that follow for each type of machine, the highlights of the proper strategy for the machine will be discussed.