What is Badugi?

I have signed up for a freeroll and just noticed the game is Badugi....anyone know what that is and how to play?
It's on Walker Poker in 2 hours.
I would appreciate any help.

It's a cross between razz and 2-7 triple draw. Dealt with 4 cards, 3 draws and objective is lowest hand of 4 suits. A,2,3,4 of 4 different suits is bet hand.

Online Badugi Poker - How to Play Badugi Poker

very cool....thank you very much!!

ive seen they said badugi is coming soon, i cant wait to play that game.
i read the rules and seems very fun.

I played Badugi on reefer poker its very entertaing game

what if you have a,2,3,4 of same suit?

^ the objective is to have the four cards of different suites

Hope you had fun, I love Badugi!

i've never played badugi before but it sounds fun

Wow, just played my first session at carbon (playchips) & cleaned up! Sat down with like $200 walked away with like $1700. That's a fun game. One question, do pairs count against your hand? Because a lot of times I'd have badugi right off the bat, but two of my cards would be paired so i would draw a new one, wasn't sure if I should be doing that though.

Yeah paired hands count against you

Right on, I figured but thought I'd ask since I wasn't sure. Thanks Kat!

I am playing it on Walker Poker
There is another one in about an hour and a half today
Maybe I'll see you there

yeah its fun. i think its good to mix it up. for one,you get a break from nl holdem, you get to try a new game, and you can apply what you learn in this game to your other games( mainly how you read people and what they have). gl

Hmmmmm. One time I played badugi,but Nl holdem is the best,as for me

Badugi, can you get that with bolognaise sauce on second thoughts it sounds like a sneeze.....Ah Ah Ah badugi........bless you.

Badugi is a great game, I can't wait till pokerstars finally add it, however I fear the cash stakes will be too high for me in the beginning

Badugi is a game to play when you are multi-tasking. No way can it consume your attention. You get Badugi right off the bat and everyone will chase it until the end no matter how much is bet. At least in HE you can get rid of the chasers if you bet appropriately.

The game is similar to Razz and also gives you the same headaches as razz...

so ......it's like a triple draw razz? with only 4 cards? and it's not good to have more than one of the same suit?

which hand would win.....As 2h 3c 5d
ac 2d 3h 4h

As 2h 3c 5d would win and it is the nuts. It's kinda like razz but no up cards.

If no one gets badugi then the first 3 lowest cards win

thanks for the info katharine....I think i get the gist now...i wen't and looked up the rules. and iI noticed that pokerstars is about to add badugi to their list of games.....can't wait to try it

seems to me As 2h 3c 5d would not be the nutts wouls the nutts not be As 2h 3c 4d ??

Does this mean that As 2h 3c 4d is a straight and a losing hand? I've only played low-ball and that would be a winner. (Of course you'd need a five also.)

Yes, 432A of different suits is the best hand.

Go here for Badugi rules and a list of top ten hands...

Badugi Rules

thanx dg this set of rules is much easier to read and understand then any of the othere ones that i read.....and it lists the top 10 hands

wow
I don't like these kind of games that the lower hand win
I don't know why, I think it's much harder to read which low cards people have and the way they play
=(
I hate razz
lol

Not a problem!

I always get talked into playing high stakes Badugi when I end up meeting up with poker players.

I had no clue that the game Badugi existed. I'm also signed up for a Badugi freeroll starting shortly. I hope I can figure it out fairly quickly... If not... Nothing to lose but twenty minutes.

It is the bastard son of Razz and triple-draw.... Spawn of Satan...

Correct, but just to be sure people understand, it's the 3 lowest card of different suits.

Just to make it clear, the 2nd hand would be beaten by any Badugi, meaning TJQK wins if it's the complete rainbow. Here's another example, mainly for bigunclefrank:





1st hand wins, you have a 3 card Badugi, albeit to the K
2ns hand, you have a 2 card Badugi, Ad5c. The highest card(s) of the same suit are essentially thrown away. A 3-card Badugi beats a 2-card.

Have to disagree with Bayley. Most Badugi games are usually played pot limit. If that's the case, and you raise preflop, by the 2nd draw, it can become essentially no-limit. Most people's exposure to Badugi has been freerolls, where you're always gonna get a lot of people playing wild, no matter what the game. You have to make adjustments in your normal game early on, but often that is where there's a ton of $ to be made. Some don't even know the rules, and others are just bad players - for instance... call or raise with a bad draw (drawing 1 card 3x to a Q-high Badugi)

I played in the freeroll and it took me one hand to lose. At least it only cost me a minute.

Amen!!! You want Poker Bingo? This is the game.