This game combines 2-7 Triple Draw with Badugi to a split pot game where the best 2-7 hand chops with the best Badugi hand* – and yes, you can of course scoop!
*In Baducey, the ace is the highest card, meaning the best badugi hand will be 2-3-4-5 rainbow.

The betting and drawing works just like in 2-7 Triple Draw, you get dealt five cards, and can draw as many cards as you like, up to three times. The betting starts with a small and a big blind, action starts to the left of the big blind pre draw, and to the left of the button after the draws. There is a betting round before/after every draw round, for a total of 4 betting rounds. Before the first and second draw there will be small bets (equal to one big blind) and after the second and third draw there are the big bet streets (two big blinds). A total of one bet and four raises is allowed on each street.

Your hand strength for the 2-7 part is defined by the highest of your five cards. as long as the hand is unpaired. Therefore a 8-7-8-5-3 beats 9-5-4-3-2. If both players have a pair, the lowest pair wins, 8-7-4-2-2 beats 5-4-3-3-2. For the best Badugi hand, normal Badugi rules apply, except that the ace is the highest card. If you have 4 different suited unpaired cards in your hand, you have a badugi – the fifth card will be ignored. The lowest badugi hand wins, if no players got a badugi, then the best 3-card badugi wins, with the two last cards being ignored.

• Take your time before discarding – it’s very easy to misread your hand, and/or which cards to discard.
• Make sure to notice the difference between baducey and badacey – the name gives you a clue: in baDUCEY the deuce (2) is the best card, in badACEY the ace is the best card.

• Snowing in this game is usually not recommended, pots will go to showdown way more often with players hoping to get half the pot with their badugi hand.
• Notice that early betting patterns will often suggest how strong a player’s badugi hand is – a player 3b and drawing 2 is very likely to have a strong 3 card badugi. A player playing passively while drawing 1 card on early streets, is likely to have a weak badugi hand!
• In multiway pots, think about whether your hand wants to keep it multiway or if you wanna force players out!