Badugi rules
Four cards: aim for four different suits and four different ranks, as low as possible.
How a hand goes
- 1Four cards each, blinds and betting.
- 2Three draws with betting after each (Fixed Limit).
- 3The hand with the most cards of different suits and ranks wins; if equal, the lowest cards win.
What wins
The best hands (best first)
14♠3♥2♦A♣Badugi 4-3-2-A
27♠5♥3♦2♣Badugi 7-5-3-2
35♠3♥A♦A♣3-card 5-3-A
Good to know
- Aces are low: A-2-3-4 of four suits is the best hand.
- A four-card badugi beats any three-card hand, however low.
- Only one card of each suit and of each rank counts.