Badugi is played with a button as well as a small and big blind. Badugi is usually played as fixed limit, and there is a betting round before the first draw, where players may choose to discard between zero (standing pat) and four cards. Each player in turn decides how many cards they want to draw.

Basic Strategy\n\n The object of the game is to make a Badugi - a four-card low hand with four different suits, and no pairs. The best possible starting hand therefore is 4-3-2-A (with each card a different suit). Badugi hands are ranked by their highest card, with aces always playing as a low card, and straights ignored.