Badugi

Pokerstars added Badugi to their game selection

Here are some links with basic info about the game

http://www.playbadugi.com/badugi-strategy.html

http://badugipro.com/strategy.html

If anyone has some experience in this game and can share some strategy please do it here

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after my coffee and bran muffin i like to takae a badugi

Dont be afraid to stand pat with a good 3 card low such as A34, A45, A23. Watch the first draw if there are no standers good chance your 3 card is till good. you can countinue to stand pat and make others think you have the badugi. This works better late in tournys than in cash games were you some times want to pick up the blinds.

Remember, if you have a badugi and your opponent is drawing, you are favored. Even if your badugi is J high. Usually I try to draw for at least a 10 high but it's your choice. If you have made badugi and your opponent has a nice 3 card and he's willing to play, make it cost a lot for him. Bet the pot and make him draw. more often than not, he will miss and you take down a huge pot. Never stay in before the first flop against an aggressive raise if you need 2 cards to a badugi, and even if you make your badugi, it's 10 high. the only time you want to stay in with 2 draws is if the price is right and both cards are 7 or less. Sometimes, if you dont have a badugi on the last draw, you can stand pat and your opponent will likely fold a good 3 card on the final bet assuming he didn't draw for a badugi.

when i firsted played this game on carbon i was so lost, i went to play chips to figure out how to play it, and since then i got hooked for awhile, this game is great, i like any odd game usually and this ranks right up there, especially if you like action, triple draw low ball, got to love it

Can you play badugi at other sites except Poker stars and Carbon?

I know VC had it a few years ago, did not play there since

Is Badugi more luck then skill in comparison to Holdem or Omaha?

I like this game.

Just had my sickest hand, got dealt K-high badugi on the button, there's a raise, I worry he has been dealt one too, so I flat, along with one other before me. He stands, the other draws 2, and I decide the raiser isn't bluffing and dump my THREE high cards, keeping just my ace, and I'm rewarded (!) with ANOTHER K-high badugi. The pre raiser bets the pot, the other guy calls, I fold. Raiser stands, caller draws 1, raiser goes all in, caller calls, raiser had J-high badugi, the other muppet has made his draw and wins a massive pot with 6-high. No justice.

There seem to be MANY more fish in badugi than NLHE, I guess a lot of people are still learning the game and don't properly apply pot odds. And, joy of joy, it's harder for the fish to suck out against you. But it still happens.

If you have a loose table, play your strong hands as aggressively as possible. People will pay a pot sized bet then draw 3 cards!

Don't be afraid to bail on a dealt badugi if someone seems to have made their draw... if the fish outdraw you, don't be a fish and try to outdraw him back, play your game, not his. It's very difficult for someone to bluff by standing if someone else is standing too, so it's a near certainty that he has one too if you're both standing.

Bluffing can be interesting. I tend to play any four cards on the button. I've once taken down a big pot after the final draw on the button by drawing just one card first two draws, despite having a terrible hand, then standing last draw and raising the better! He folded, I showed, he went ballistic! He made his hand with the final draw with a king. He thought I was crazy, I taunted him by claiming it was advanced Badugi, and he should wise up fast!

People don't expect this kind of bluff, they think it's all "stand pat" and nothing more. Drawing one when you need four lends credit to a bluff.

Another bluff I took down was an outrageous blind defence. I got dealt trash, dumped all four, then stood pat and raised big!!! Too outrageous to be a bluff, surely? He folds, I show, and credit to him, he said nice bluff!

Haven't played too much of this game though, while I might be a bit lateral when it comes to bluffing, and I can make big folds and assess situtions pretty well, I'm not winning at this game yet.