Badugi · triple draw

Badugi starting hands.

Make the lowest four-card hand using four different ranks and four different suits. Duplicate ranks or suits cannot both play, so a complete four-card Badugi beats every three-card hand. A-2-3-4 rainbow is best.

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Top 30% of hands

Move from a tight value-heavy range toward wider drawing hands.

2% · premium30% · balanced100% · all hands

How the range plays

Full Ring

Each card in a Badugi example uses a different suit.

Draw 166.2%
Median763
Late position962
Draw 224.3%
Median3A
Late position32
Pat9.5%
MedianT82A
Late positionJT8A

Range mix

30% selected
30%top range
Draw 166.2%Draw 224.3%Pat9.5%

How strategy shifts

Top 2–100%

Draw 1 holding by high card