Badugi Strategy & Top Hands

Here is a basic strategy for playing Badugi and a listing of the Top 50 hands.

The best Badugi hands are rainbow, or unsuited, hands. The best way to play Badugi is to get rid of the big hands that are suited and play strong hands like the low set of rainbow cards.

Luck is the main factor in this game rather than many other poker games. Badugi is pretty new to many players so you are probably going to get paid off with good hands.

Here are the top 50 Badugi hands:

ALL BADUGI HANDS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED "RAINBOW" HANDS

Rank Badugi
1 432A
2 532A
3 542A
4 543A
5 5432
6 632A
7 642A
8 643A
9 6432
10 652A
11 653A
12 6532
13 654A
14 6542
15 6543
16 732A
17 742A
18 743A
19 7432
20 752A
21 753A
22 7532
23 754A
24 7542
25 7543
26 762A
27 763A
28 7632
29 764A
30 7642
31 7643
32 7644
33 7652
34 7653
35 7654
36 832A
37 842A
38 843A
39 8432
40 852A
41 853A
42 8532
43 854A
44 8542
45 8543
46 862A
47 863A
48 8632
49 864A
50 8642