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Originally Posted by uberkuber
Interesting thoughts.
Not a big deal indeed I guess, but in TD2-7 I would still slightly prefer to open 237 rather than 236 (and even 235).
237 > 236 in TD but not Badeucy makes intuitive sense. The six contributes to a Badugi hand that, at showdown, is substantially better than the corresponding version with a seven (whether 6-tri or 6-badugi). In 2-7 lowball, the six only helps make a 7-low if you also draw a seven, so you might as well have chosen the seven in our hypothetical.
And obviously a pure TD 86 is better than an 87, 96 better than 97, but that probably means less. Wouldn't it be fair to say the gap between a TD 7 and a corresponding 86 is much greater than between an 86 and corresponding 87?
I don't have a feel for Badeucy at all but I take it a 6-dugi is much much better than a 7-dugi, maybe to the extent a TD 7 is much better than an 86?
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That might be unclear and I know there are holes in my thinking, so please, fire away.