Badoogie
is by far the strangest game to explain, and is not really even
a Poker Game because you never end up using 5 cards, however this
is a new game being played in the poker rooms of Las Vegas so
we have included it in our list. Badugi consists of 4 betting
rounds total begining with only FOUR cards dealt face down to
each player just as in 5 Card Draw. However in Badugi you can
draw three times which allow for four different bet sessions.
One when you receive your first four cards and one each time you
draw. Badugi is a lowball only game with your goal being an Ace,
2, 3, 4 with all four suites being different. So straights and
Aces don't hurt you in this game but pairs and flushes do. You
want to have no pairs and no 2 cards with the same suite in your
hand if possible.Any hand with no pair and 4 different suits is
called a "Four Card Badugi". So a hand with 2,2,3,4 even with
all 4 different suits would be called a "Three Card Badugi", and
would lose to ANY four card Badugi....even A, K , Q, J multicolored.
So
any Four card Badugi beats any 3 card Badugi which beats and 2
card Badugi, which
would
be like 2,2,3,3 multicolored. This hand is only a 2 card Badugi
because only 2 of the cards are not pairs even though all four
suits are different. This hand can only beat a worse 2 card Badugi
hand like 5,5,7,7 multicolored or ANY 1 card Badugi hand which
would be and for card flush or any 4 of a kind.
Not
that anyone would play these hands but just you can understand
the game: A four card flush or straight flush like 7,8,9,10 of
hearts would be considered a 1 card Badugi with the highest card
being the Ten, but this hand would still beat the 1 card Badugi
hand of four Jacks since the Ten low is lower that a Jack low.
EXAMPLE
HAND
1st
Round
Your View. |
Opponent's View
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This
player decided to play these first four cards: Ace, Jack,
and a pair of threes. On his first draw he dropped the
Jack but also the 3 of hearts since his Ace was a heart.
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2nd Round
Now
the Eight of clubs helped him since it was failrly low
but of a non matching suite. But the Ace paired him so
he discarded the Ace for his seconf draw.
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3rd Round
Now
there was only 1 draw left and the only bad card in his
hand was the six. Even though the six was a good low card
it was a heart like the Ace giving this player only a
"Three Card Badugi" at this point, so he decided to discard
the six here. This was pretty risky since the only way
he could improve his hand to a "Four Card Badugi" was
to get a spade which didn't match any of his cards.
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4th and
Final Round
This
player drew a very lucky card on his last draw. The nine
of spades gave him a "Four Card Badugi" nine high.
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