Badugi!

[LearnedfromTV]

Pokerstars opened up 10/20 badugi a couple days ago and I'm addicted. I was playing around with starting hand strategy today, but I'm still sorting out relative strengths of 2-card, 3-card, and badugi starting hands. When no one is pat, it is so
important to have the best three-card hand (unlike in triple draw, if you and your opponent draw 1 and both miss, whoever had the best draw always wins; so e.g. that final draw is like 80/20 instead of 55/45 or 60/40).

Getting there is by far the most important badugi skill, but 2a and 2b seem to be not missing bets when you have the best 3-card and avoiding getting stuck in pots with second-best (or worse) 3-card, especially in headsup pots. If people have good ...

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