Badugi (also known as Badougi, Paduki or Padooki) is a draw poker variant similar to triple draw, but with hand values similar to lowball, it was invented in Asia and 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 a card from the same suit - the best possible hand is four low cards of different colors and values (A, 2, 3, 4 from different suits).
Badugi Game instructions below:
Each player is dealt four cards, one card at a time face down
There are NO 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.
The hand begins with a "pre-draw" betting round, beginning with the player to the left of the big blind (or the player to the left of the dealer, if no blinds are used) and continuing clockwise.
Each player must either call the amount of the big blind, fold, or raise.
Once everyone has put the same amount of money in the pot or folded, play proceeds to the draw. Beginning with the first player still in the pot to the left of the dealer, each player may discard any number of cards and receive an equal number of replacement cards (called the "draw"). Replacement cards are dealt before the next player chooses the number of cards to draw. The discarded cards are not returned to the deck but are discarded for the remainder of the hand.
In the second betting round, the players may check (not put in any money and remain in the hand) until someone bets.
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 at anytime all players but one have folded, the sole remaining player is awarded the pot
If there's more than one player remaining, their hands are compared and the player with the best badugi hand wins.
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