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possible starting hand therefore is 4-3-2-A (with each card a different suit).
Badugi hands are ranked by their highest card, with ACES always playing as a low card, and straight ignored. A player holding 9-8-4-3 of different suits (a Nine Badugi) would lose to an opponent holding 8-7-3-2 (an Eight Badugi) of different suits. Likewise, 6-3-2-A (a Six Badugi) would lose their 5-4-3-2 (a Five Badugi). If
pokerstars bonus code the top cards in the hand are tied, then the next-highest card is considered, and so on. Therefore, a 6-5-4-A (a Six-Five Badugi) would lose to a 6-4-3-2 (a Six-Four Badugi).
If a hand reaches showdown and the player has a Badugi, the player with the best three-card or two-card hand wins the pot. For example, if you hold 6h-4d-3s-Ah, you have two hearts, so the highest one is ignored, leaving a 4-3-Ax. That hand is known as a Three Card Four,