Badugi not allowed in vegas - why??

cwsiggy · #1 06-13-2005, 12:28 AM

On the Cardplayer.com video coverage interview with Raymer playing a cash game with Forrest, Phan and others, he said they were playing a 300/600 mixed game: Triple Draw 2-7, Omaha H/L, Stud H/L 8 or better, and "4 card triple draw rainbow" because Badugi is not allowed in Vegas so they call it that. Why is it not allowed - curious...

cwsiggy · #2 06-13-2005, 01:36 PM

Not one person knows???? Come on now.

Easy E · #3 06-13-2005, 01:48 PM

What is Badugi? Some crazy home game variant? I'm not picking up on the rainbow reference in conjunction with this 4-card game- are you drawing to 5? Do flushes and straights not count?

cwsiggy · #4 06-13-2005, 02:09 PM

They actually played this on a high limit Live at the Bike broadcast with John Hennigan playing (he destroyed the table by the way) It goes something like this... dealt 4 cards (I already may be wrong!!), you draw with betting rounds in between, and very simply the lowest hand with 4 different suits wins. If there are no hands with 4 different suits, the best 3 card combo wins. Ac2dJsKh would beat A23 rainbow. Something kinda like that. Gosh, now I think I know why it's not allowed in Vegas. It's too wacky. Apparently the swings are huge. Actually I think there was a post by Fossilman explaing the game somewhere on here.....

Nottom · #5 06-13-2005, 02:11 PM

Its a 4 card triple draw lowball game except that the best hands must have 1 of each suit. So 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] beats A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

Its a pretty popular varient actually. (maybe because you can play it with more people/table than traditional tripledraw?)

cwsiggy · #6 06-13-2005, 02:13 PM

Now there's a good description.

Nottom · #7 06-13-2005, 02:20 PM

Here's a link to a brief strategy guide to Padooki. (I think this is how its actually spelled)

Easy E · #8 06-13-2005, 02:34 PM

Where are you, cute little linky?

Easy E · #9 06-13-2005, 02:37 PM

Crazy stuff. Why would a casino allow this kind of crap?

They have a tough enough time getting dealers trained for the normal games [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

TheShootah · #10 06-13-2005, 02:56 PM

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Here's a link to a brief strategy guide to Padooki. (I think this is how its actually spelled)

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You tease.