Tribeca Tables release New Poker Game known as Badugi
22 November 2005

Tribeca Tables will be the only online casino sites to feature Badugi Poker, a brand new online game that is sure to be a huge success among online players. Badugi is an Oriental style of poker, which has been taking land-based poker rooms by storm. Due to its huge popularity, it has now been made available to online poker players.

One of the team members from Tribeca Tables, Steve Cook, said that players are constantly looking for something new and exciting to try. Badugi Poker requires skill, which means there is no question that it will certainly generate a huge following on the internet, and capture plenty of player’s interests. Due to the fact that many online players will be new to Badugi, it will provide players who are new to regular poker, as well as those who are skilled at it, to be on the same playing level.

Badugi Poker has become extremely popular in the Far East, especially in South Korea, and it is also starting to gain popularity in the U.S. where there are large Korean communities. Moreover, in some land based casinos in the state of California, they have begun to hold Badugi tournaments. It is believed that Badugi originated in Korea, where it was originally known as Paduki, and could be played in two different versions: single-draw and triple-draw.

So how does one play Badugi? First and for most, it is a triple draw lowball style of poker. What this means is that instead of the player with the highest hand winning, as is the case with traditional poker, lowball means that the player with the lowest hand is the winner. In Badugi, every player is dealt 4 cards, and each player must do their best to make the lowest possible hand. In a lowball game, the best possible hand is Ace, 2, 3, 4 of different suits.

The Badugi games that are being made available for players to enjoy at the Tribeca Table sites have been set up as limit games, pot games and half pot limit games. All games will feature a variety of stakes including games that can be played for fun and others that are $1/$2 games. If you are interested in trying out Badugi at Tribeca Tables.