well, i played this pretty abc. i actually think its better to flat here on badugi to protect my range. id rather fast play q8. idk, i didnt feel like id have a ton of bluffs in this line but i felt like brian and dave had little to no fold equity. i thought brian had a low str and prob 2 pair for dave. when bdfd comes in i think we always fast play but ip here on badugi turn, i think i have a nice hand to just smooth call with.

despite this, i went with the max exploit play and just went with a fast play to ensure i get all the money in by the river. the dry sidepot river got a lil tricky but i found the jam just to polarize even tho i cant imagine id ever make any bluffs here. i mean do i ever transfrom qt or something? idk. against these guys i shouldnt, esp when i know theyve got 2 pair plus. so maybe just playing v abc here is optimal, tho i know i

tho i know that i could play it differently ti protect my range in different environments. the other thing too is that there are players behind and getting them to fold some kx and qx is quite nice because i minimize the chances of getting my nuts counterfieted. so given the players behind. i actually quite like the raise. maybe if i was closing the action ip 3 ways maybe just coming in with the smooth call is better on badugi but here i think raising, esp with the sizing i made, is quite good