Strategy
Badugi - Online Poker Room
Badugi poker was oriented in Asian, and is becoming more and more popular in the rest of the world as well as in Poker Rooms in the last few years. Badugi poker, played in an Online Poker Room, is a variation of lowball Poker, played with four cards instead of five and played with three draws.
Badugi poker room really easy to learn if you have played in an Online Poker room before, specially in lowball Poker Room; but it is simple to learn even if you have never played in an Online Poker Room in your entire life. One thing that differs Online Poker Badugi style from other forms of Online Poker and is important to remember if you play in Online Poker Rooms is that suits do have a significant in hand ranks. The suits do not have a rank order but the best hands can not have cards from the same suit.
Online Poker Badugi - Betting rules
On line poker Badugi style can be played limit or pot limit. When you enter to a Poker Room, you can choose a poker room with betting structure to your choice.- Limit - All bets in the Poker Room are preset, for example: $10/$20 limit. On the first two rounds the players at the online poker room might bet the low level bet (here $10), and in the couple last rounds, Online Poker players can bet low value or high value bet.
- Pot Limit - The Players in the Online Poker room can bet or raise any amount in any of the Online Poker betting rounds. Starting at the minimum bet which is equal to the big blind and up to the amount in the Online Poker Room's pot.
Badugi Poker Room - Blinds
poker Badugi uses the same blinds method as Texas Holdem poker. The Poker player to the left of the Poker Room dealer button pays the small blind (half of the low stake), and the one to his left pays the big blind (equal to the low stake).
Badugi Poker Room- Dealing Badugi
At Badugi Poker , the cards are being dealt clockwise direction starting with the small blind. Each Online Poker player gets one card at a time until all players have four cards.
Online Poker Badugi - First betting round
After 4 cards have been dealt, the first Online Poker Badugi betting round starts. The first Online Poker player to act is the big blind, the betting round keeps going clock wise, each Online Poker player is required to raise, call, check or fold. After all players have acted, the first draw takes place.
Badugi Poker Room- First draw round
Each Online Poker player, starting with the one sitting to the left of the online poker dealer button, can choose from zero to four cards to discard and get new ones, keeping the other ones. Drawing no cards is called "Standing Pat".
Online Poker Badugi - Second betting round and draw round
The Badugi Poker- Second betting round is just like the first round. Starting from the player sitting to the left of the button, each Online Poker player clockwise takes his bet. Than after the second betting round takes place, following the same rules as the first one, still using low stakes.
Badugi Poker Room- Third betting round and draw round
The third betting round is similar to the former ones, only this time high stakes are in use. The following draw round is similar to his formers as well; remember that discards cards are being reshuffled.Badugi Poker Room- Final betting round and showdown
The final betting round in the Badugi Poker Room is similar to the third one, using high stakes. Finally if there is more than one poker player left in the game it leads to a showdown.
Badugi hand
Badugi Poker Room hands are from different ranks and different suits. If you have four cards from four different suites and four different ranks - you have a Badugi!! The best Badugi hand is Ace, 2, 3, 4 all from different suits. Badugies are not easy to get, if you don't have a Badugi you might have a three, two or even one card hand.
Badugi Poker Room- Three, Two and One card hands
In a Badugi hand matching ranks or suites are not allowed. If an Online Poker player got to the final showdown with when some of the cards in his hand are matching, he can not use them; he will have a hand smaller than 4 cards.
Example of 3 cards hand: If you have KcQc7h4s you can not use both Kc and Qc, your hand will be Qc7h4s.
Example for 1 card hand: 7c7c7h7s you can only use one of the cards, doesn't matter which one.
A four card hand will always beat a three card, two cards or one card hand; a three card hand will beat the two cards and one card hand an so on.
Badugi - Hands Ranking
Hands in Online Poker Badugi style do not rank by their suits but by their card ranks. The lower cards you have in Badugi Poker Room, the better the hand is.
Online Poker Badugi - Showdown
The showdown rules in Badugies Poker Room are similar to Texas Holdem poker room. The first one to show his cards is the Poker player whose last bet was called (if there is one), otherwise starting from the first participant holding cards, clockwise from the Poker Room dealer button. Online Poker players with loosing hands may choose to show their hands or not. After the showdown is done, the winner gets the pot.