Like most split-pot games you want to focus on starting hands that give you the best possibility to scoop. First, stay away from higher Badugis when possible.
Since everyone is getting five cards instead of four the odds of improving to a lower Badugi increases. For starting hands try and focus on playing hands requiring just two cards to complete a hand. Preferably you want at least three suits to start with. That way you have three draws to your Badugi and you can focus on your hand.
Let's say you get dealt 2s-3s-4s-5h-7d. You have the nut hand but no badugi. In this case, don't worry about the other half and try and pump the pot.
Odds are that you will have multi-way action to the end and win half of a nice pot. Yes, there is a chance you could get quartered by someone else hitting the same hand. However the odds of that happening are not the same as in Omaha Hi-Lo. If there is a lot of action in a pot after the first draw and you have to draw more than one card it might be time to abandon the hand. Unless your game is very loose a lot of action after the draw is usually being driven by one or more players with at least half a made hand.
These players are freerolling and pumping the pot. You're drawing and should wait for a better spot. Play Here. A hand in Badugi is aptly named "a Badugi. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our website. Badugi may be played as pot limit, fixed limit, or a half pot limit game. Deal passes to the left as with most poker games.
Player to the left of the dealer pays the small blind and the player to their left pays the big blind typically double the small blind. A blind is a forced bet. Dealer passes each player four cards clockwise, face-down and one at a time. Players may look at their cards after the deal has finished. Betting begins with the player to the left of the big blind, the minimum bet begins at the same amount of as the big blind.
If all the players just call, the big blind may place a bet. Players can improve their hands by drawing cards. Players discard the unwanted cards in a pile, face-down, and the dealer passes them new cards. Players may exchange between all or none of their cards Unlike most poker games in which high cards are considered good, in Badugi, you are looking for low cards, but aces are counted as the lowest card in the deck. So poker hands rankings in Badugi are quite a bit different.
Apart from wanting low cards, you will also need your cards to be in four different suits. All hands with four different suits are called Badugi, or four-card Badugi. The ideal hand combination in the Badugi card game is A 2 3 4, all in different suits.
However, other full Badugi hands can also be strong, as it can be hard to make one. If no player can make a Badugi, a three-card Badugi will win the hand. The hand with the lower top card will always win in such cases.
For instance, 9s 7c 4d 4c will beat Js 4h 3d 3h. In setting up your Badugi hand, you will always be aiming to make a four-card Badugi, but depending on the opponents' drawing, a three-card or two-card Badugi may also be good.
As you can see, Badugi rules are somewhat different from those of most other poker variants. This isn't anything to worry about, as you'll get the hang of it once you start playing, but you might make some mistakes during the early days. Don't worry about it — that's perfectly normal. This makes poker positions even more of a factor than it would be in a game like No-Limit Hold'em, where you can see the community cards and have some ideas and opportunities which don't exist in Badugi.
Being in position means you get to draw last and bet last. While making a strong Badugi poker hand is the easiest way to win, bluffing is also very much a part of this game. Against weak opponents, who you will frequently face at the lower stakes, you will often be in position and up against someone who is drawing several cards.
Remember, when a player draws more than two cards, there is a very low chance of them making an actual Badugi. Instead, they will often end up with two or three-card hands. As the action approaches the third betting round, you will start getting an idea of whether their hand has improved, as they will now draw fewer cards if it has. Conversely, your opponents may try to bluff you by standing pat or drawing only one card and then betting, regardless of their holdings.
You can use this same strategy to bluff them, and if you also hold position, you will be in great shape to get your bluffs to work. Yet, remember that in a limit game, players without much experience will rarely fold, which makes bluffing less valuable and going for value with your big hands even more important.
So you have learned about the hand values, basic Badugi rules, and a bit of strategy. My hand is good for a three-card Badugi, which is solid to start with. I am sitting in the cutoff and the players to my right fold.
The button folds and the blinds both call my raise, taking us to the first draw. I am forced to discard my Js and 9s after my opponents also discard two cards each. I end up with this hand:.
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