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.
Read the Badugi rules → Calculate Badugi equity → Heads-Up2 players Short Handed4 players Full Ring6 players
Your starting range Top 30% of hands Move from a tight value-heavy range toward wider drawing hands.
2% · premium 30% · balanced 100% · all hands
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At a glance
How the range plays Full Ring Each card in a Badugi example uses a different suit.
Draw 1 66.2%
Median 7 ♠ 6 ♥ 3 ♦ Late position 9 ♠ 6 ♥ 2 ♦ Draw 2 24.3%
Median 3 ♠ A ♥ Late position 3 ♠ 2 ♥ Pat 9.5%
Median T ♠ 8 ♥ 2 ♦ A ♣
Late position J ♠ T ♥ 8 ♦ A ♣
Composition
Range mix 30% selected Draw 166.2% Draw 224.3% Pat9.5%
Range shape
How strategy shifts Top 2–100% Draw quality
Draw 1 holding by high card