Badugi Rules & Hand Rankings
Badugi is a poker variant in which the object is to end up with the lowest four-card hand. It’s a triple draw, lowball game, meaning that after the cards are dealt, each player gets three chances to discard a desired number of cards from their hand, and draw new cards in an effort to make the best hand.
As in any lowball game, the winning hand is the lowest, or worst hand at the table following traditional poker hand rankings. In a Badugi poker game, the best/lowest hand you can possibly have is A-2-3-4 of four different suits.
Let’s go through this fun, action-filled game and take a look at the Badugi poker rules.
- Rules and Origin
- Badugi Hand Rankings
- Betting Rules
- Sample Hand Walkthrough
- Final Thoughts
Badugi Rules and Origin
The ace only counts as a low card in this game and your aim is to achieve the lowest four-card hand to win the pot.
A four-card hand of four different suits and no paired cards is known as a “Badugi”. Pairs, as well as two cards of the same suit, are bad in Badugi, and any hand containing these cannot qualify as a four-card Badugi.
At the end of each hand, the lowest four-card “Badugi” wins the pot. If there are no four-card Badugi, the best three-card hand wins the pot, and so on.
Badugi Hand Rankings
Let’s take a look at some possible Badugi poker hands to better understand what we’re trying to achieve in this game. These hands are ranked from best to worst as we scroll down in this article:
Straights do not exist in Badugi, so four cards in a row do not hurt your hand, and Aces are always low. If you have two or more cards of the same suit, only the lowest one counts. The same goes for paired cards. If you have a pair, only one of those cards count.
1. Badugi
Four unpaired cards of different suits.



If multiple players hold a Badugi, the player with the lowest high card wins.
2. Three-Card Hand
Three unpaired or unsuited cards, with a fourth card that pairs or is suited with one of the other three cards.



Because the hand above has two spades–the 8♠ and the 5♠–only one of them counts, making this a three-card hand of 5♠-4♣-3♦.
3. Two-Card Hand
Two unpaired cards of different suits, with two other cards that pairs of is suited with at least one of the other two cards.



The hand above is a two-card hand of 4-3 because it has both a pair and two diamonds, which discounts the 5♦ and a 4.
4. One-Card Hand
The worst possible hand is 4 cards of the same suit (or four-of-a-kind, which is extremely rare).



The three highest cards are discounted in the hand above, making this a one-card hand of the 2♠.바둑이사이트
If multiple players have the same hand-type and highest card, the player with the lowest second-, third- or fourth-highest card wins the pot. Discounted cards are never used when breaking ties.

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