| Query: If a player has a real ace high and then an eight in their flush and another person has a wild and then a king who wins the pot... does the person with the real ace win or the person who has the wild and then the next highest card?
Solution: The player with a wild Ace and the next higher card wins. However, cardrooms may apply different rules on how the wild card(s) can be used, so it is advisable to ask beforehand.
Query: In Spanish 21, can the dealer draw on hard 17 when the players have 17+ ?
Solution: Dealer always stands on hard 17. However, some casinos may apply different rules.
Query: If I am playing poker with wilds and two people get four of a kind one is 4 2s and the other is a jack and 3 wilds. Who is the winner?
Solution: Normally the one with the higher hand wins, in this case a jack and 3 wilds. However, how the wild card(s) can be used depends on the game you are playing and the agreed rules. A wild card can be defined as a joker or standard card that, by player agreement and/or dealer's choice, can be used to represent any card desired.
When a joker is in play, it usually can only be used as an Ace or to complete a straight or flush. It cannot be used as a true wild card, for example, as a king to make KK75X (X = wild) play as three kings. When playing for low, the joker becomes the lowest rank not already held, so 864AX is played as 8642A, with the joker used as a deuce.
Wild cards add an additional hand, five of a kind, which normally ranks above a straight flush. They can also cause confusion when two players hold the same hand composed of different wild card combinations. The standard rules of poker do not distinguish between such hands, but some players prefer to rank hands using fewer wild cards above less natural versions of the same hand.
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