Badugi on Tribeca

RoundTower

I'm losing money to Doyle Brunson as we speak. Come and join us. You can pick up the rules in 5 minutes.

RoundTower

At least, everyone else on the table seems to think it's him. "texdolly" location Las Vegas, NV, at a $1-$2 game? Maybe someone here knows.

Amaru

Yeah, thats him. He should have a picture of himself in his avatar. I saw him playing the highest stake limit table there is on there one night. He was winning hundreds, and the chat window was flooded with questions.

ocallagh

yep that's his nick name he used in super system 2

bohsman

badugi - A234 4different suits is the nuts.

RoundTower

bohsman wrote:

badugi - A234 4different suits is the nuts.

Any offsuit hand with no pair is a 4-card badugi, and beats any other hand.

Any hand with 3 offsuit unpaired cards is a 3-card badugi, and beats any 2- or 1-card badugi. For example: 4d45h6c6s is a 3-card badugi 456, and beats any 7-high 3-card badugi or worse.

Similarly a 2-card badugi is a hand like Ah7c7s7h and a 1-card badugi is one like 345K all spades. The worst hand in the game is KKKK, which is a 1-card badugi, king high.

It sounds a bit complicated but it's really easy to learn and everyone should play it exclusively from now on. I might post some hands later. Unfortunately Doyle has left the table so I won't be posting any hands he played.

Ste05

ye I stopped by to have a look and you were cleaning up, might have to learn how to play it, do post some hands see if I can figure it out, how many betting rounds are there??

RoundTower

4 rounds of betting. Once when you get dealt your cards and once after each of three draws.

Here's a hand. I've edited out some chat, nothing relevant to the game.

Real Money Ring Game
Table Name Hand ID Game Stakes
London 5531496-950 Badugi Half Pot Limit $1/$2
[Nov 17 18:53:09] : Hand Start.
[Nov 17 18:53:09] : Seat 2 : TlalocUK666 has $60
[Nov 17 18:53:09] : Seat 3 : roundtower has $372.99
[Nov 17 18:53:09] : Seat 4 : AAplz has $101.75
[Nov 17 18:53:09] : Seat 5 : sam malone has $100
[Nov 17 18:53:09] : Seat 6 : texdolly has $127.50
[Nov 17 18:53:09] : AAplz is the dealer.
[Nov 17 18:53:09] : sam malone will be allowed to play after the button.
[Nov 17 18:53:09] : texdolly posted small blind.
[Nov 17 18:53:09] : TlalocUK666 posted big blind.
[Nov 17 18:53:09] : Game [950] started with 4 players.
[Nov 17 18:53:09] : Dealing Hole Cards.
[Nov 17 18:53:09] : Seat 3 : roundtower has 4h Ad 3c Js
[Nov 17 18:53:09] : Seat 3 : roundtower has 4h Ad 3c Js
[Nov 17 18:53:13] : roundtower called $2 and raised $2
[Nov 17 18:53:16] : AAplz called $4
[Nov 17 18:53:22] : texdolly called $3
[Nov 17 18:53:22] : TlalocUK666 folded.
[Nov 17 18:53:23] : Starting Drawing round 1.
[Nov 17 18:53:26] : Player texdolly drew 1 card(s).
[Nov 17 18:53:29] : Seat 3 : roundtower has 4h Ad 3c Js
[Nov 17 18:53:29] : Player roundtower drew 0 card(s).
[Nov 17 18:53:31] : Player AAplz drew 1 card(s).
[Nov 17 18:53:35] : texdolly checked.
[Nov 17 18:53:37] : roundtower bet $7
[Nov 17 18:53:39] : AAplz called $7
[Nov 17 18:53:41] : texdolly called $7
[Nov 17 18:53:41] : Starting Drawing round 2.
[Nov 17 18:53:47] : Player texdolly drew 1 card(s).
[Nov 17 18:53:48] : Seat 3 : roundtower has 4h Ad 3c Js
[Nov 17 18:53:48] : Player roundtower drew 0 card(s).
[Nov 17 18:53:51] : Player AAplz drew 1 card(s).
[Nov 17 18:53:54] : texdolly checked.
[Nov 17 18:53:57] : roundtower bet $15
[Nov 17 18:53:58] : AAplz folded.
[Nov 17 18:53:59] : texdolly called $15
[Nov 17 18:54:00] : Starting Drawing round 3.
[Nov 17 18:54:06] : Player texdolly drew 1 card(s).
[Nov 17 18:54:07] : Seat 3 : roundtower has 4h Ad 3c Js
[Nov 17 18:54:07] : Player roundtower drew 0 card(s).
[Nov 17 18:54:14] : texdolly bet $32
[Nov 17 18:54:16] : roundtower called $32
[Nov 17 18:54:17] : Showdown!
[Nov 17 18:54:17] : Seat 3 : roundtower has 4h Ad 3c Js
[Nov 17 18:54:18] : Seat 6 : texdolly has 9c 5h 8s 6d
[Nov 17 18:54:18] : texdolly has 9c 5h 8s 6d, Badugi hand : 9865 - Badugi
[Nov 17 18:54:19] : texdolly wins $128 with 9c 5h 8s 6d, Badugi hand : 9865 - Badugi
[Nov 17 18:54:27] : Hand is over.

I can consider drawing one on the first round; my J-high badugi probably isn't favourite here, although I haven't done the maths. If there were 3 other players I would have to dump the J because I am drawing so nice.

I think he makes a bad call before the last draw, as he knows he must make a badugi to win, and he is drawing very rough anyway.

I can think about folding the river. I can only beat a bluff, as he is probably not going to value bet a worse badugi. But I thought that he is capable of bluffing here, and that he might have checkraised with a good badugi. I had bet a few weak badugis when checked to in this spot before, I now think mistakenly.

Rnger

looks good. it reminds me of triple draw. maybe cuz you draw three times

Imposter

I just got dealt the nuts Got paid off too raising pot every time as I had stood pat on the two hands directly before it too (not straight off though) and nobody believed me

Tis a boring game though. It's pretty much impossible to know what's a bluff and what's not.