How to Play Badugi Poker

Badugi is a lowball draw game where four low cards in four different suits win.

A badugi is four cards, all different suits and ranks — lowest wins.

How many cards to draw, when to stand pat, and how the draw count leaks or prints chips.

Turn every opponent's draw count into a live read on their Badugi hand.

How Badugi's four betting rounds and three draws fit together, and when the limits double.

Stand pat on trash to represent a made badugi — when snowing and bluffing win pots.

Count your live cards, rank pat Badugis smooth-to-rough, and know which draws to play.

Win at Badugi with position, smooth low draws, third-draw reads, and pot odds.

Dodge the classic Badugi leaks: miscounts, loose hands, weak draws, and bad prices.

Prove your Badugi game: rank messy four-card hands on sight and draw right by position.