Playing the last round in Badugi is highly opponent dependent, probably more so than most forms of poker. For example, some players will never call on the end without a badugi while others will call with any decent tri hand 100% of the time. Some players will overrate a weak badugi on the last round [...]
Mastering Badugi Part 6 – Middle Rounds (Making Moves)
Last month’s article focused on the play of the middle rounds assuming we either had the best hand or were simply content to call and try out draw a better one. This article focuses on some plays that we can use to try and win the pot with the worst hand. There is also some [...]
Razzdugi 101
Razzdugi is a split pot game where the object is to make both the best low hand as well as the lowest badugi. It is structured exactly the same as Razz with a stud structure and the highest up card is forced to bring-in the action. Razzdugi is a good substitute for Razz in a [...]
A Stealing Situation in Razz
Razz is a seven-card stud lowball game so when you show a paint as your upcard your hand is unplayable in virtually all situations. This is a major action killing aspect of the game because in most other stud variants you can still possibly have a strong holding regardless of how weak your up card [...]
Razzdugi Rules and Basic Strategy
Rules of the Game Razzdugi is a split pot game where the object is to make both the best razz low hand as well as the lowest badugi. It is structured exactly the same as Razz with a stud structure and the highest up card is forced to bring-in the action. In Razz aces are [...]