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Badugi: Rules & Strategy
Last Post 11 Jun 2010 4:17 AM by mc albert. 4 Replies.
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25 Feb 2008 7:26 PM  

Hi,

Can any body help me on the rules of Badugi, e.g.

a) How many decks are used?

b) Are discarded cards from others considered during our draw?

c) Can I draw all 4 cards ( funny!!! )

Also, any suggestions on strategy are most welcome.

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25 Feb 2008 8:15 PM  

Hi Pokerindia,

Good question !!

Badugi Triple Draw Poker:

Badugi is a four card version of triple draw, lowball poker where you must try to have one card of each suit, and no pairs. If you are holding four different cards of four different suits then you are holding a Badugi!

Badugi uses the same blind (forced bet) structure of other poker game, with the two players to the left of the dealer paying the small and the big blind respectively.

Each player is dealt four cards and play begins with the player left of the big blind and continues in a clockwise direction.

Each player has 3 options, at this stage, fold their hand, call the big blind (bet equal to the big blind) or raise (bet a higher amount). Once all players have acted, all players remaining in the hand can then discard any number of cards in their hand, and be dealt new cards. Players can of course keep all their cards in any round if they are confident of the cards they hold. If a player draws no cards in one round they can still draw in subsequent rounds if they feel they need to improve their hand.

After the first round players again have three options, they can check, bet or fold. If 1 player bets all other players have to equal that bet amount or fold before the next draw takes place.

There is then a third betting round which is followed by a final draw.

After the final draw there is a final betting round which is followed by a showdown.

At the showdown the player with the lowest badugi wins, A-2-3-4 all different suits is the best hand.

If no player has a badugi (ie they have a pair or they have 2 cards of the same suit) then one card of their pair or same suit doesn't count so player with the best three or two card hand wins. So 5-6-9-K beats A-2-3-3 and 6-7-7-8 beats A-A-2-2.

For more Badugi information, see Wikipedia.

To be honest i have never played to Badugi : Hope that another PokerDiy member can help you for the strategy .

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02 Mar 2008 6:31 PM  

hehe , meybe this in not a usefull tip, but I think badugi is really eas game, I learn the basics 15 min before tournament, and become 2 place from 73 ppl ... looks like that is very good point for beginner in badugi :D game based on riskand luck, i love it :D

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02 Apr 2008 5:40 AM  

I have never played this before but it sounds interesting.

I am starting to learn all the H.O.R.S.E variations of poker because I want to try out some HORSE tournaments. PErhaps after I get good at that I'll check this out.

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11 Jun 2010 4:17 AM  

Just remember that no Badugi hand may contain pairs or same suits in order to be considered a Badugi hand and the Aces are counted as the lowest card in the game of Badugi poker, never as the highest.

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