I'm choosing the poke. Faster, cheaper, less painful.
To put it into perspective, the odds of getting dealt a 7 badugi is about 1 in 565
The odds of drawing 1 card (3 times) to a 7 low badugi and getting there 23%.
The odds of neither opponent improving to a 7 is 60%
PokerStars Game #22056299470: Badugi Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/11/15 7:24:59 ET
Table 'Patroclus' 8-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: PookieGirl2 ($6.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Sanntos ($16.95 in chips)
Seat 4: pjtwoone ($25.40 in chips)
Seat 5: getmi ($34.65 in chips)
Seat 6: BigKingKing ($1.50 in chips)
Seat 7: TheRaiderr ($37.60 in chips)
BigKingKing: posts small blind $0.25
TheRaiderr: posts big blind $0.50
Big_Bluff112: sits out
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to PookieGirl2




PookieGirl2: raises $0.50 to $1
Sanntos: folds
pjtwoone: calls $1
getmi: folds
BigKingKing: raises $0.50 to $1.50 and is all-in
TheRaiderr: folds
PookieGirl2: raises $0.50 to $2
Betting is capped
pjtwoone: calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW ***
BigKingKing: discards 1 card
PookieGirl2: stands pat on




pjtwoone: discards 1 card
PookieGirl2: bets $0.50
pjtwoone: calls $0.50
*** SECOND DRAW ***
BigKingKing: discards 1 card
PookieGirl2: stands pat on




pjtwoone: discards 1 card
PookieGirl2: bets $1
pjtwoone: calls $1
*** THIRD DRAW ***
BigKingKing: discards 1 card
PookieGirl2: stands pat on




pjtwoone: discards 1 card
PookieGirl2: bets $1
pjtwoone: raises $1 to $2
PookieGirl2: raises $0.75 to $2.75 and is all-in
pjtwoone: calls $0.75
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PookieGirl2: shows




(Badugi: 7,5,4,A)
pjtwoone: shows




(Badugi: 6,3,2,A)
pjtwoone collected $9.25 from side pot
BigKingKing: shows




(Badugi: 7,4,3,2)
pjtwoone collected $4.75 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $14.50 Main pot $4.75. Side pot $9.25. | Rake $0.50
Seat 2: PookieGirl2 showed




and lost with a Badugi: 7,5,4,A
Seat 3: Sanntos folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: pjtwoone showed




and won ($14) with a Badugi: 6,3,2,A
Seat 5: getmi (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: BigKingKing (small blind) showed




and lost with a Badugi: 7,4,3,2
Seat 7: TheRaiderr (big blind) folded before the Draw
6 comments
Sorry but I LOVE Badugi! It's NLHE that makes me poke the old eyeball.
carbon poker has badugi freeroll daily afternoons
practice there
I haven't played a money game of it yet ,
it's a game I am very new to playing but it seems kind of fun ,
well except in this case lol , gl