An Introduction to FL Badugi

 

Introduction

In this article

• The rules of FL Badugi
  
• Hand value and hand strength
  
• Selecting starting hands
  

Badugi, or Badugi, Paduka and Paoki as it's also known, is an Asian draw poker variant. It's widely accepted that it originated from Korea. Badugi has been available in a variety of online poker rooms for some time and has enjoyed a steady growth in popularity.

The rules of FL Badugi

Badugi is a triple draw lowball variant. That means that the lowest hand wins and there are three draw rounds in four rounds. It's usually played in a Fixed Limit variant. Each player can invest up to four bets in the pot in each round. For reasons of simplicity, we'll talk about redraw, flop, turn and river here.

A round of FL Badugi

At the start of every round the blinds place their bets, as in Holder. The big blind makes a small bet and the small blind usually bets half. Each player gets four cards.

First betting round (redraw):

The players have their cards and are deciding whether to fold, call or raise. The bet here is one small bet each. The player on the left of the big blind has to decide first.

First draw:

As long as there are at least two players still in the hand, they need to decide if they want to swap any or all of their cards. From the first draw, the next player left of the button always has to decide first.바둑이사이트