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Badugi

Read the draws before you call

Pat early usually means a badugi
Drawing one with a smooth three
Multiway: tighten
Practice: Pat reads practice

Break or stand

Rough badugis aren't immortal
When breaking makes sense
Bet when you make it
Practice: Break/pat practice

Don't invent hero calls

Note who false-pats
Review one draw decision
Variance + discipline
Practice: Badugi session practice

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Badugi / Grade 1 / Don't invent hero calls

Variance + discipline

'Variance + discipline' (Badugi, G1): Believe pats until notes say otherwise; keep smooth threes and break pairs immediately.

Worked example

apply 'Variance + discipline' on double-pat heat with rough three-card. Write the board/doors, villain type, old line → new line, and why.

Common leak

nods through 'Variance + discipline', then defaults on double-pat heat with rough three-card the next time money goes in.

Drill

teach 'Variance + discipline' in 60 seconds with double-pat heat with rough three-card. Tag one live rep this week.

Practice habit

sticky-note the trigger for 'Variance + discipline' before your next Badugi session.

Drill

explain 'Variance + discipline' to your buddy without looking — if you stall, you don't own it yet for Badugi.

Remember

Believe pats first.

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