How to Play Badugi & Badeucy Poker

 

Badugi is a draw game gaining popularity in the poker world these days and for good reason - it's a very fun, action-packed poker game.

Although it shares many aspects of its structure with other draw games, such as 2-7 Triple-Draw Lowball, Badugi uses an entirely distinct system for evaluating the winning hand.

A hand in Badugi is aptly named "a Badugi."

What is Badugi Poker?

The origin of the card game Badugi is somewhat undetermined although many people have noted the similarity to the South Korean word "beduke," which means "black and white pattern" - similar to what you might find in the game Go. 

In North America it was reportedly played as "Offsite Lowball" in the 1980s in Winnipeg and a comparable high-low game was played in Toronto.

In Vegas some say it originated with poker pro Paul "Eskimo" Clark, who reportedly brought the game back with him from his military service in Vietnam. These reports are unconfirmed, though.

How to Play Badugi Poker

Badugi is a "blind game," meaning the player to the left of the dealer puts in the small blind and the player to the left of the small blind puts in the big blind.

Starting with the player on the left of the dealer and moving clockwise around the table, every player is dealt four cards facedown, one card at a time.

Once all players have their four cards the first betting round starts with the player to the left of the big blind.

Once the betting round has completed the players enter the first drawing round.

Starting with the player on the dealer's left the player announces how many cards he would like to throw away from his hand and receives new ones in return.

The dealer deals all of the cards to that player at once and moves on to the next player.

A player can choose to throw away no cards, keeping their hand intact. This is known as standing pat or rapping pat.

Once all players have received their new cards the second betting round begins, starting with the player to the left of the dealer.

This pattern repeats until either:

Only one player is left, the rest having folded.

The players have completed the betting round after the third drawing round.

Badugi Hand Rankings

Once all betting is complete the best Badugi wins the pot.

A Badugi must be made up of the lowest one to four cards from a player's hand.

Hands are counted from the highest card down; the value of the hand is based on how low the highest cards in the hand are.

Aces are low.

All cards used must be of different suits and ranks.

Any four-card Badugi beats any three-card Badugi.

A two-card Badugi is beaten by any three- or four-card Badugi.바둑이사이트