Badugi is a four-card lowball poker variant where players must make the best "badugi" - four cards 💸 with no duplicates in rank or suit.
More commonly found in cash games, it is on rotation for high-stakes mixed games 💸 and is part of other mixed-game variants like badeucy and badacy.
It is believed that badugi originated in Canada during the 💸 1980s under the name 'Off Suit Lowball'.
The name allegedly comes from the Korean word baduk or badug which refers to 💸 a black and white pattern, with badugi a common name for a black and white spotted dog. The board game 💸 Go was called baduk in Korean