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    Default badugi basics

    If like me you like to play Badugi or were just interested and wanted to play some hands but were unsure about starting hands ,drawing cards etc.
    Below is a quick guide to help you get started.
    I find playing new and different types of poker such as Omaha,razz,stud ect develops your all round game and lessons learnt from these games can be applied to others such as use of position ,betting structure, opponents behaviour to name a few examples.
    Hope it is of help.


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    Thanks for this, not a million miles from how I'm playing badugi. I think it can be adjusted to suit stakes, I mean at lowest stakes on stars people are overvaluing their badugis and as such one can widen value ranges a little. 10handed at 25/50 I'm happy with an 8 badugi, sometimes worse against certain villains. Just like holdem, it's important to adjust according to your villains, but this is a great basic starting guide imo.

    Position is worth more in badugi than holdem, that's another important factor. Button I'll play really wide, I'll draw 4 on the button if people are limping a lot and then spewing with crap, or easy to bluff by drawing one then standing with air.
    Last edited by OngBonga; 04-27-2014 at 01:28 PM.
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    That's very true. Remembering it is easier to bluff a good player rather than a bad one.
    I find it is best to pick your spot for a well timed bluff by representing a made badugi hand and raising aggressively. It is also astonishing the range that some people will play with to try and draw a hand.
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    You're right about only bluffing good players, but I don't think repping a badugi from the off is the most effective method of bluffing. It's either not very believeable, or even if you're creditted for a pat badugi, people assume your pat badugi range is wide enough to draw against, and you'll get called at showdown by 9's and sometimes worse. I think the best method of bluffing it to cap pre in position, draw one (regardless of whatever crap you have) and then stand pat. The capping pre will trick a good player into thinking you have a solid draw, and so when you start standing pat, it's assumed you have a much stronger badugi than simply standing pat from the off.

    That only works against players who are paying attention, and if you get caught you should abandon such strategy!
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    Quote Originally Posted by OngBonga View Post
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    Excellent!

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    That only works against players who are paying attention, and if you get caught you should abandon such strategy!
    ... for ~5 showdowns when you play this line with the goods... that can take a while
    OR until the players who have seen you do it have left the table (often happens sooner).

    Once your villains are willing to fold to that line again, thrown in a bluff 2 times later. They probably wont fold to you and that line 2 times in a row, so don't get caught after their first fold.
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    PokerStars Hand #116150241376: Badugi Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2014/05/13 20:02:17 ET
    Table 'Anchises V' 8-max Seat #5 is the button
    Seat 1: StrikeerABC ($19.86 in chips)
    Seat 2: Igorg71 ($10.22 in chips)
    Seat 3: -LJ89- ($3.74 in chips)
    Seat 4: vitalikk2005 ($3.65 in chips)
    Seat 5: iartur ($17.90 in chips)
    Seat 6: OngBonga ($17.40 in chips)
    Seat 7: klepinin ($15.78 in chips)
    Seat 8: HectorCalder ($2.38 in chips)
    OngBonga: posts small blind $0.10
    klepinin: posts big blind $0.25
    *** DEALING HANDS ***
    Dealt to OngBonga [Ks Tc 2d 6h]
    HectorCalder: folds
    StrikeerABC: folds
    Igorg71: folds
    -LJ89-: raises $0.25 to $0.50
    vitalikk2005: folds
    iartur: raises $0.25 to $0.75
    OngBonga: folds
    blah blah blah

    I just clicked auto fold. It didn't even register as a hand until I folded, like the king and ten were invisible. Yet I see so many people going wild pre draw with this, and then even refusing to redraw when someone appears to make a hand.

    I'm crushing $0.25/$0.50 badugi, I usually double up in and hour or two before getting bored. So much less stressful than holdem, and currently more profitable for me. But it is a boring game, relative to holdem.
    Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
    ongies gonna ong
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    Thanks for posting. I have been working on improving at games other then holdem/plo and badugi is one I need to try.
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    Although thinking on the right track, you want to be playing wider, esp as you get shorter handed. In any position you should be opening J Stand pat pres and considering SOME Qs. All Q+ stand pats are favoured over a drawing hand. And as you get into later position you should be opening K stand pats. When you are 5 or less handed you want to open all stand pats. As for opening 2 card draws:
    Full ring = middle position (tight table), late position (loose)
    Short handed = UTG+1
    One thing to remember is to make every bet count, in badugi reverse implied equity will hurt you ESP when you are playing OoP. Gl

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