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Badugi Poker Betting - how the betting works in Badugi Poker.
Badugi can be played as either a Limit game,
a Pot Limit game or even a
Half Pot Limit game.
Limit Badugi:
As in limit Texas Hold'em all bets are made in
incremental units. On betting rounds 1 and 2
a player can bet the lower level bet (e.g. in a $2/$4 game the bet for Rounds 1
and 2 would be $2). On Rounds 3 and 4
players can bet the higher level bet (e.g. in a $2/$4 game the bet for rounds 3
and 4 would be $4).
Betting is capped at 4 bets per round as
is standard in all Limit games.
Pot Limit Badugi:
In Pot Limit Badugi players can raise any amount at any stage, ranging from
the minimum bet (i.e. the big blind amount)
up to how much is already in the pot. E.g. if the pot is comprised of the
small blind($2), the big blind
($4), and one caller ($4), then the next active player can bet any amount
from $4 up to the total value of the current pot (on top of his initial call),
in this case the maximum bet would be $18. ($2 + $4 + $4 + $4)
All bettors can raise the pot by the total value of the current pot as it
stands when it is their turn to act. So in Pot Limit Badugi there is no limit to
the amount of betting allowed on any particular round, as opposed to it being
capped in the
Limit version.
Half Pot Limit Badugi:
The same rules apply to Half Pot Limit Badugi as they do to Pot Limit Badugi.
The only exception is that the maximum a player can raise is the value of half
the current pot. E.g. if the pot is comprised of the
small blind ($2), the
big blind ($4), one caller ($4), the next
player to act can bet any amount from $4 up to a maximum of $11. ($2 + $4 + $4 +
$4 /2) = 7. So it would be a call of $4 and a raise of $7, making a total bet of
$11. So in this case the player can bet any amount from $4 to $11.
No Limit Badugi:
Due to the nature of the game, with it having 3 draws, a No Limit version
would reduce a lot of the skill in Badugi. Therefore sites that offer Badugi
online currently do not offer a No Limit version.
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