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DJ Wild

Five wild cards in a 53-card deck make DJ Wild feel generous; you will make a pair or better on almost every hand. The pricing lives elsewhere: in a blind bet that only wakes up on a straight, and in a side bet whose four paytables differ by a factor of ten. The guides here price all of it exactly.

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The whole strategy is one sentence, and the bet everyone watches is asleep most of the night.

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Three different house-edge figures are quoted for this game, and the side bet swings by a factor of ten.

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What five wild cards actually do to the hand rankings, counted exactly.