How To Play Teen Patti

Teen Patti game is usually played among 3 to 6 players with a simple 52-card deck. You must know that there is no involvement of the Joker cards in the game. The first thing the players are required to do is contribute their share to the Boot amount. Boot amount is the minimum stake which is decided by the players and every player adds their share into the pot. The pot is later placed in the centre and the game continues.

Teen Patti Game: Sequence, variations and rules

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.

Different moves in Teen Patti: An overview

Following are the different moves involved in the Teen Patti game.

Playing Blind: As mentioned earlier, 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: This is also known as Chaal. 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.