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Beat Your Online Poker Opponent

January 20, 2020   Game skill   No comments

There are a lot of card games to play, and I mean a lot, just like solitaire, poker has an ever growing number of variations, after a while some players can get bored of playing Texas Holdem and fancy a change. There are loads of games like Omaha, 5 card, razz and stud games to pick from. You could play all day infact just learning the new games, with the amount of free sites that are offering games today it’s all made to easy. Perhaps one of the many variations of poker have taken your interest and that’s why you want a change, why you are reading this article? Well Badugi is certainly a change from your normal game.

Poker, a game using playing cards which has previously attracted the interest of world through tournaments has many variations to pick from. Badugi is one of the newest variants to be found in a couple of casino sites and the game is slowly growing as people are taking interest. The game is thought to have originated somewhere in Asia where it is still widely played today. The game is only going to grow as more people gain internet access and find the enjoyment in multi player online games.

The game is completely different to Texas Holdem so you can forget all those pairs and flushes as they just won’t help you, for starters it is a four card game and secondly it is whats known as a “low ball” game where the object is to collect the lowest cards. Another important difference between this and the more common poker games is that pairs and flushes etc don’t count, in fact the best hand ,which is also called a badugi, would be an Ace, Two, Three and Four of all different suits. Sometimes this has been called rainbow hands due to each card been different suits. Because the cards are different suits badugi hands are sometimes called rainbows. Badugi is also a draw game where players can swap cards with cards from the deck. The drawing of the cards is done in between the rounds of betting.

Once the players agree to start the game play involves rounds of betting with draws separating them, players don’t have to draw new cards – this is optional, players still try to out bluff each other by betting more than they the hand is worth, this is part of the excitement and all games have newbies and sharks so play for a while and practice makes perfect.

As with any card game you read about the best way to actually learn for yourself is to play the game and experience it first hand for yourself. You may have to wait for a game because it’s not very popular yet but it is a change and you might enjoy playing a new card game. There is only a few sites with the game but I’m sure you can find a one and practice for free. The important part is remember, no pairs, different suits and low cards, you can always read the tutorials provided on the site your playing at.

As with any card game you read about the best way to actually learn badugi for yourself is to play the game and experience it first hand for yourself. You may have to wait for a game because it’s not very popular yet but it is a change and you might enjoy playing a new card game. The important part is remember, no pairs, different suits and low cards, you can always read the tutorials provided on the site your playing at.

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The Basics of Badugi

November 13, 2018   Game guide   No comments

Online games have brought poker to the masses and popularity is at an all time high. This has in turn lead to the popularity of previously little known variations such as Badugi to be searched out and found as people look for new games.

Badugi is a game for 2 up to 6 players and the game is a low card game, getting used to this can be strange at first especially if you have been used to playing the more popular games such as holdem which is a high card game. As well as been a low card game Badugi is also a draw game, meaning as the game is played out, players have the opportunity to exchange some of their cards with cards from the pack. To begin a game the player will have to make a choice of table to play at, the table can be one of three kinds, limit, pot limit or half pot limit; this refers to the betting structure of the game.

Players receive 4 cards face down from the dealer at the start of each hand. The aim of the game is to have 4 cards that are neither paired or suited, share the same number or suit, ideally the numbers will also be as low as possible. An example of one of the best possible hands would be 4 of H, 3 of C, 2 of S, A of D. If a player has a hand like this it is called by the same name as the game, the Badugi hand.

There are 3 rounds or draws during which you have the option to call/check, raise or fold just as in any other game of poker. You also have the opportunity to replace cards during each draw. Get rid of any matched cards and receive new cards from the stack. If ever player draws cards and the deck runs out of cards, usually the discarded cards are re shuffled and used again.

The pre draw round starts with the player to the left of the big blind, if no blinds the dealer, and goes clockwise. Big Blind is usually placed by the player to the left of the small blind and is usually the size of the minimum bet. The small blind is placed by the player to the left of the dealer and is half the size of the big blind.

Those still remaining at the end having not folded reveal their cards in the showdown. Any paired cards left in the hand at showdown must be discarded.

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