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How to Play
Teen
Patti – means "three cards", an Indian
version of Poker, also known as Flush, and
closely related to the British game Brag. A form of gin rummy
is played with a standard 52-card deck, with the ace being
the highest-ranking card, followed by a king, queen and jack.
The game can also be played with variations of 5 or more cards.
When playing with variation, one can also use more than one
pack of cards, although the traditional version of the game
requires the use of one deck of 52 cards.
Game Description
Typically, games will be
more enjoyable with a minimum of 4 or more players.
Before playing it is necessary to agree upon the value of
the minimum wager. Everyone places their minimum wager in
the pot. The Pot is the collection of money found in the center
of the table, which will be won by one of the players. Each
player is then dealt 3 cards. Each has the option to look
at their three-card hand before betting (playing seen) or
to leave their cards face down on the table (playing blind).
Depending on your cards, you bet or fold.
Play Blind or Seen.
Hand Rankings
The ranking of the possible hands, from high
to low, is as follows:
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Trio - three cards of the same rank. Three aces are the best
trio and three twos are the lowest. |
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Straight Flush - three
consecutive cards of the same suit. Ace can be used
in the run A-2-3, which is the highest straight run.
Next comes A-K-Q, K-Q-J and so on down to 4-3-2, which
is the lowest. 2-A-K is not a valid run. |
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Straight - three
consecutive cards, not all of the same suit. A-2-3 is
the best normal run, then A-K-Q, K-Q-J and so on down
to 4-3-2. 2-A-K is not valid. |
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Colour - any three
cards of the same suit. When comparing two colours,
compare the highest card; if these are equal compare
the second; if these are equal too, compare the lowest.
Thus the highest colour is A-K-J and the lowest is 5-3-2. |
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Pair - two cards
of the same rank. Between two such hands, compare the
pair first, then the odd card if these are equal. The
highest pair hand is therefore A-A-K and the lowest
is 2-2-3. |
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High card - three
cards that do not belong to any of the above types.
Compare the highest card first, then the second highest,
then the lowest. The best hand of this type is A-K-J
of mixed suits, and the worst is 5-3-2. |
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Any hand of a higher type beats any hand
of a lower type - for example the lowest run 4-3-2 beats the
best colour A-K-J.
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Betting
Process
The betting starts
with the player to the left of the dealer, and continues
with players taking turns in clockwise order around
the table. Each player in turn can either put an additional
bet into the pot to stay in, or pay nothing further
and fold. When folding you permanently
drop out of the betting and sacrifice any money you
have already put into the pot during that deal. |
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at your turn in order to stay in the game depends
on the current wager, and whether
you are playing blind or seen - seen players have
to bet twice as much as blind players to stay in.
At the start of the betting the current wager is equal
to the amount that each player put in the pot as an
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- If you are a blind player (you have
not looked at your cards), you must put in at least the
current wager and not more than twice the current wager.
The current wager for the next player is then the amount
that you put in.
- If you are a seen player you must
bet at least twice the current wager
and not more than four times the current
wager. The current wager for the next player becomes half the amount that you bet.
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If you are a blind player, you may choose
to look at your cards when your turn comes to bet. You then
become a seen player and from that turn onwards you must bet
at least twice the current wager (or fold).
The betting continues in this way until one
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- All except one player have folded. In that case the
last surviving player wins all the money in the pot, irrespective
of the cards held.
- All except two players have folded and one of these
players at their turn pays for a show.
In that case the cards of both players are exposed and
compared.
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for a show are as follows: |
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- A show cannot occur until all
but two players have dropped out.
- If you are a blind player, the
cost of a show is the current wager, paid into the
pot, irrespective of whether the other player is
blind or seen. You do not look at your own cards
until after you have paid for the show.
- If you are a seen player and the
other player is blind, you are not allowed to demand
a show. The seen player can only continue betting
or drop out.
- If both players are seen, either
player in turn may pay twice the current wager for
a show.
- In a show, both players' cards
are exposed, and the player whose hand is higher
ranking wins the pot. If the hands are equal, the
player who did not pay for the show wins the pot.
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If all the players are seen, then at your turn, immediately
after betting the minimum amount (twice the current
wager), you can ask the player who bet immediately
before you ask for a compromise. That player can accept
or refuse the compromise.
- If the compromise is accepted,
the two players involved privately compare their
cards, and the player with the lower ranking cards
must immediately fold. If they are equal, the player
who asked for the compromise must fold.
- If the compromise is refused,
the betting continues as usual with the player after
the one who asked for the compromise.
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Example. Players A, B, C & D are playing the game. They all put
1 unit on the table and D deals. Player A decides to play blind and puts one more unit. Player B sees
his cards and folds. Player C plays blind and bets one unit.
Player D looks at his cards and puts in 2 units (the minimum
amount); the current wager remains at one unit. Player A raises
the wager by putting in 2 units. Player C looks at his cards
and folds. Player D puts in 4 units (the minimum amount for
a seen player since A has raised the current wager to 2).
Player A decides to look at his cards, and having done so
he puts in 4 units and asks for a show. Player D shows his
cards and the winner takes it all.
Note that the betting process in this game
is quite different from Poker betting. There is no concept
of equalizing the bets, and a showdown is not possible with
more than two players.
Variations
Some play with a higher limit on the amount
by which the bet can be increased - so a blind player can
bet more than twice the current wager, and a seen player can
bet more than four times the current wager.
Some players set a limit on how many times
a player can bet blind - for example that you could bet blind
on your first three turns, but on your fourth turn you would
have to look at your cards and bet as a seen player from then
on.
Some play that the amount to be paid for
a show is twice the minimum bet - i.e. twice the current wager
for a blind player, or four times the current wager for a
seen player. |
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