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Badugi |
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Badugi is a fascinating
poker variant invented
in Asia, and it can be
played as Limit, Pot
Limit or half Pot Limit.
Hands contain only four
cards, and the object of
Badugi is to get a hand
with low card values –
no pairs, two pairs,
three or four of a kind,
or cards from the same
suit – the best possible
hand is four low cards
of different colors and
values (A, 2, 3, 4 from
different suits). |
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Play begins with each
player being dealt four
cards, one card at a
time. Badugi doesn’t use
community cards. The
players can’t observe
the four cards dealt to
other people. Badugi is
a triple draw game,
where each draw round is
followed by a betting
round. A first betting
round takes place
“pre-draw”, starting
with the player sitting
left of the big blind.
The game will always
proceed clockwise around
the table. |
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In the first draw round,
each player can draw up
to four cards or “stand
pat” (abstain from
drawing any cards at
all) and choose between
folding (relinquish any
claim to the pot),
calling (put in an
amount equal to the big
blind) and raising (put
in more money than the
other players, forcing
them to do the same),
just as in many other
poker games. In the
second betting round,
the players may check
(not put in any money
and remain in the hand)
until someone bets.
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Then, there is another
draw round followed by a
third betting round and
the final draw. In the
third betting round, the
high stake is used to
determine betting
increment; the dealer
might have to reshuffle
discarded cards during
the third draw round.
The final draw and the
fourth betting round
will lead to a showdown
as long as there’s more
than one player left. If
there’s only one player
remaining, he/she will
get the pot without
having to show any
cards. If there’s more
than one player
remaining, their hands
are compared and the
player with the best (in
fact the “worst”) hand
wins. |
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"Poker is a game of people... It's not the hand I hold, it's the people that I
play with." |
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"Look around the table. If you don't see a sucker, get up, because you're the
sucker." |
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"Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says he is, is either a liar or
doesn't play poker." |
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"They anticipate losing when they sit down and I try my darndest not to
disappoint one of them." |
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