Badugi Poker

My first few hands of Badugi Poker at Doyle's Room was a blast. I didn't know the game. I didn't win much. The fact is I lost all my money as I fumbled and fuddled my way through a new game I really didn't understand. But it was fun, and I've since gone on to become a reasonably competent Badugi Poker player.

A deceptively simple game, Badugi is a 4 card handed poker game played with one deck of cards. The object of the game is to hold the lowest 4 card hand. Aces are the lowest rank, and the rank order is from Ace to King. You don't want pairs and you don't want two of the same suit.

Badugi Poker: triple draw, four card, low-hand wins!

The best low hand - a Badugi - is a four card rainbow hand with no pairs.

A four card hand with one card of each suit and no pairs is a Badugi. The player holding the Badugi consisting of the lowest high card wins the pot. It isn't necessary to be holding a Badugi to win a pot, however.
For example, of badugi hand King Diamonds badugi hand Four of Diamonds badugi hand Three of spades badugi hand ranks - 2 of clubs, the three cards, badugi hand Four of Diamonds badugi hand King Diamonds badugi hand ranks - 2 of clubs will make up your best possible badugi hand. The king will not be counted at all. Based upon what you've learned about your opponents' playing styles and all that jazz, a hand such as this might cause you to bet/raise or fold.

How Badugi Poker is Played:

Each player is dealt 4 cards, followed by the first bet round. Once the betting round is over, the first draw round begins, where the players may replace some of their cards, or Stand Pat (stick with the cards they have).

Once the chosen cards are replaced, there is another betting round, and so on.

  An entire Badugi Game unfolds like this:
  • first betting round
  • first draw round
  • second betting round
  • second drawing round
  • third betting round
  • third draw round
  • Final Betting Round
  • Showdown
   Order of hand value from best to worst:
  • Badugi
  • 3 Card hand
  • 2 Card hand
  • 1 Card hand
   Where can I play Badugi?

doyle's poker room
The poker room offering Badugi is Doyle's Room, The "TEXAS DOLLY"'s own online poker room.

Badugi Poker is - and pardon the cliche - taking the poker world by storm. It's a quick and exciting game to play and it does take skill play well. There is every bit as much suspense, psychological wrangling and money to be won with Badugi Poker as with Texas Holdem. If you like Holdem, Stud and the other popular poker games, you will definitely love Badugi!

Badugi Hand Ranks.

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    Badugi Poker

Definitions:

Badugi Poker:
Badugi Poker is a poker game which began in Asia and is now becoming a very popular game in America.

Badugi:
A 4-card hand with no two cards of the same rank or suit.

Rainbow Hand:
A 4 card hand consisting of 4 suits.

Standing Pat:
Electing to not make a discard during a drawing round.

Discards:
Discards are the cards a player chooses to throw away and redraw.

3-card hand:
In Badugi, a 3 card hand is a hand which has either one pair or two cards of the same suit, meaning there are three cards in the hand which are of different suits and ranks.

2-card hand:
In Bedugi, a 2 card hand is a hand in which only two of the cards do not share rank or suit with any others in that hand.

If you've been playing a lot of poker online, you may be a little confused when the cards are dealt. The four cards you see in the middle of the table, where you are used to seeing community cards (the board cards), are actually your hand.

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