Badugi
Korean draw lowball poker — best four-card hand with all four cards different suits and different ranks.
🌤indoor
What is Badugi?
Badugi is a four-card draw lowball poker variant that originated in South Korea in the late 20th century and spread to Western online cardrooms in the 2000s. Each player receives four cards and has three draws to make the lowest possible 'badugi' — a hand with four cards of four different suits and four different ranks. The best possible hand is A-2-3-4 rainbow.
Quick facts
Category
Card Games
Type
Individual
Players
2–8
Where played
indoor
Country of origin
🇰🇷 South Korea
Estimated origin
Late 20th-century South Korea (word derives from Korean 'baduk')
Olympic
No
Popularity
niche
Sources & provenance
Last verified 2026-08-24.verified