MGA’s Brisbane Mixed Games Festival was held 19-21 July at Wantima Country Club in conjunction with our friends at The Empire and their Empire Evolution Series.
Event 1 – Triple Triple Draw
We kicked things off with Triple Triple Draw, a rotation of 2-7, Ace to five & Badugi. A lowball mix for the love of all things draw!
Each of the games have their own hand rankings and little intricacies that set them apart from each other, explained below:
2-7 Triple Draw
As the name suggests, you are looking (ideally) for cards between 2 and 7 with 2,3,4,5,7 (with one off suit card) the “Nuts”
Pairs, straights and flushes work against having a strong 2-7 hand. So in the end, you are looking for “no hand”, just unique cards.
You are given three attempts to improve your hand as much as possible, after that, we have a showdown and the best hand wins!
Ace to Five
For those familiar with the Stud Game “Razz”, this is Razz in Triple draw format. You are looking to make a hand as close as possible to Ace,2,3,4,5 which is the “Nuts”.
Pairs work against having a strong hand in Ace to Five but your straights and flushes make no difference, making this variant a little easier for newbies to understand than 2-7.
You also have three attempts to improve your hand in this game, after that, we have a showdown and the best hand wins!
Badugi
The third and least forgiving variant in this mix is Badugi. A Badugi is holding four unique cards with eadh of the four suits. The absolute Nuts in this game is A,2,3,4 rainbow.
A Badugi must consist of four different cards (no pairs) and each one must be a different suit.
You do not need a Badugi to win! It’s hard to make a Badugi, sometimes it seems impossible!
If you hold A,4,6 with three suits, you have what we call a “Three card six”. The other difference with this game is you are dealt four downcards, instead of five.
As per the other variants,
We had 42 total entries to this event, with the following players placing in the money:
1st – Eugene Portal $6,900
2nd – Damiano Aloi $4,350
3rd – David Munday $2,950
4th – Michael Rattigan $2,160
5th – Kurt Tucker $1,780
6th – Simon Chahine $1,600
I present your champion