Teen Patti

Teen Patti has become an integral part of our culture and people of all ages love to play this game regularly. Teen Patti is a fairly simple card game similar to three-card poker. In fact, Teen Patti means “three cards, though the game is sometimes also called Flash or Flush. Any number of players can participate, though it’s usually 3 to 7 players.

Rules

The rules in the game of Teen Patti is simple and easy to grasp. The Aces is ranked as the highest with 2 being the lowest. The goal is to have the top 3 card hand and increase the pot before the game ends. Do bear in mind that it is important that you know the various hand rankings before getting into a game of Teen Patti.

Getting started with Teen Patti

The cards from the deck are shuffled and each player is dealt 3 cards. These cards are dealt face down, so no one really knows what cards they receive until they flip them to check. Players can flip, check and play as Seen. But, it’s not necessary for players to flip and check their cards. Instead, they can also play Blind.

Moves

Playing Blind: playing blind means players won’t be checking the cards dealt with them and they place their bet directly. They are somehow certain on the strength of the combination of cards dealt with them and take the risk to place the bet without checking the cards.

Playing Seen: Once the player checks their cards, he/she can either Bet based on the strength of their card combination or Pack (Fold) which simply means to give up the game.

Sideshow Move: Also known as Back show. To access sideshow move, a player should have seen his/her cards and accordingly placed a bet on them. The sideshow can be asked to the last player who actually placed a bet on their cards. Players are at the liberty to decide whether they accept the sideshow move request made by other players.

Tie: During the game, if the last two players decide to not Show or Pack the game, it will be considered as Tie. In this case, the amount collected in the pot will either be divided among both the players or returned.

Show: If in the end, two players are left and one of them asks the other to Show, the following rules apply:

a) If a Seen player asks a Blind player to show his cards, the Seen player will have to bet four times that of the current stake.

b) If both the remaining players are Seen, then any one of them is asked to double the stake amount.

c) The Blind player does not have access to Show move.