Baduuuuugi!

BADUGI! There are a select few online poker sites that are beginning to offer Badugi as a table game.. This is a craze that has not caught on entirely in the U.S., but it is very popular in Asia, and a secret weapon in any online poker player’s arsen.
The game is similar to Lowball, and if you’ve never played lowball, allow me to explain. This form of poker rewards crappy hands! How awesome is this, when you’ve spent an entire poker night with nothing but 2,3? There are common variations on this game, depending on whether or not you treat an Ace as a high card, and whether or not you account for a straight or flush.
Now, stick with me, because Badugi’s hand rankings can be a little confusing when you’re first learning.
Thus the best possible hand is A234 of four different suits. The worst possible hand is K♣K♦K♥K♠.
Here are a few examples:
• 2♠4♣5♦6♥ beats A♠2♣3♦7♥ (both are four-card hands) since the highest card is compared first and the 6♥ is smaller than 7♥.
• 4♠5♣6♦K♥ beats 2♠3♠4♦7♥ since the former is a four-card hand and the latter is a three-card hand. (The 3♠ is disregarded as a duplicate spade, so the hand is a three-card 247.)
• A♠5♦9♦9♥ beats A♣2♠2♥J♦. They reduce to the three-card hands A59 and A2J.
• 2♠3♠4♦7♥ beats 4♠5♠6♦K♥; both are three-card hands, but the highest in the former is the 7♥ while the highest in the latter is the K♥.
• 5♦7♣K♣K♥ beats 2♠3♦K♠K♦ as the former is a three-card hand (after disregarding the K♣) while the latter is a two-card hand (both kings are disregarded since each is the same suit as another card in the hand).
If you’re able to make two or more badugi hands with your four cards, the better hand is compared to other hands. This happens when there are at least two cards of the same suit. The suit provides for a better hand when someone has the same two card hand.. does that make sense?