Badugi is an East Asian variety.poker. She is relatively young, but quite peculiar and popular. In games with the exchange, there are general rules, as well as those that are inherent in each individual variety. So, badugi reminds lowball, but it has its own characteristics.
Badugi Poker Rules Best combination
Winning is considered the youngest, starting with the ace,A combination of four different suits. In other words, the combination "ace - two - three - four" should never repeat the suit. At the beginning of the game, each participant receives 4 cards. They are all closed. The lack of community cards makes a clear difference to the badugi rules from such a variation as Texas Hold'em. After the hand, players begin to bet, depending on what they have in their hands, or their own excitement. After the bets are made, it is the turn of exchanges. And at the request of each player, you can change any number of cards - from 0 to 4. Then, as the badugi rules state, the time comes for new trades and new bets.
Showdown
Naturally, the badugi combination is not detected.someone at the table every time a showdown occurs. It is simply impossible. Therefore, combinations are considered winning if they are unsuited and begin with the lowest card. Kickers are the second oldest cards. In the event that only one player at a table has collected a combination without repetitions, he is the sole winner in the hand.
It happens that none of the players sitting behindthe table, it is not possible to collect a combination of four cards, then the winner is determined by a combination of three. Badugi couples are not considered. So, if a player has a “ace-five-jack-jack” on the showdown, then only the ace-five-jack combination is counted. Accordingly, this triple will be lower than any four-card combination. This is with regard to different suits. If during the hand two cards of the same suit fall out, and during the exchange the pair could not be improved, then the combination will be the youngest. The worst starting option of all possible are double suited hands.
Subtleties of the game
There are different kinds of pokerwisdom of the game. The newer the species, the more pitfalls and various features. Not all players have already met them. Despite the seeming simplicity, and sometimes primitiveness, in fact, the main difficult game moment is exchange. It is aimed at the desire to improve the winning game combination. If you carefully study the rules of badugi, compare the frequency of falling out of unsuited winning combinations, you can conclude that the probability of a main combination is relatively low. Therefore, all players need to think ten times before going on the exchange, initially collecting any 4 cards of different suits. The probability that the combination will line up in the correct sequence, is negligible. If, after the distribution, any cards of different colors are collected, experienced players do not risk exchanging money at all.
What is more important - face value or suit?
Seasoned players will immediately exclaim, more importantly,Of course, exactly the suit. Therefore, in the online game, beginners are advised to turn on the four-color deck option until a habit is developed. To boldly enter the game, you must have at least three cards of different suits on hand. When exchanging one in the resulting trio of different suits, beginners are advised to closely monitor that they do not accidentally form pairs.
В любом случае начинающим стоит посоветовать carefully observe what is happening at the table exchange. Psychology in poker, regardless of the variety, is an integral part. Having studied the style of the game of the opponent, you can predict his next moves. So, if the active exchange continues at the table, and one of the players does not participate in it, then, most likely, he has collected a combination of 4 different suits. Of course, not the fact that this is the main combination, but he can continue to play the game calmly in the future.
It often happens that it lacks everything.just one card. In this case, there are chances of winning, but you must be extremely careful to follow your opponents. If at least one player at the table stops participating in the exchange, then the newcomer needs to continue the game only when there are no more than eight cards on his hands. These are the rules.
Badugi Poker: combinations, bluff
Как и во всех разновидностях покера, блеф - quite common and common. A good player will not be difficult to find out the intentions of the opponent. In addition, having already spent at the table more than one distribution, you can explore the style of play of each of the opponents. As stated in the badugi game, the rules are winning if none of the 4 drawn cards are repeated in suit and face value. From the very beginning, the bluffers show opponents that they have allegedly badugi on their hands. Very often there are several bluffing players at the table who make major bets without exchanging. They are compelled to demonstrate the strength of their hands by refusing subsequent exchange. If the bluffers realize that someone of the players sitting at the table has a high probability of a winning combination, then in the last round the stakes of the previously bluffing players stop and an exchange is made in the hope of somehow improving the existing combination.
