The poker style game Teen Patti is a fun, strategic game played with four to seven players.
Teen Patti is less about the cards you are dealt, and more about how you play them.
Find the video tutorial and written explanation for how to play Teen Patti below.
Teen Patti Tutorial
Needed
52 card deck; four to seven players, poker chips
Ante
Before the cards get dealt, each player needs to add an ante to the pot, such as one chip. The ante amount is determined before play begins.
Deal
Each player is dealt three cards, one card at a time.
Objective
The object of the game is to win chips. Chips are won by being the only player that did not fold, or by having the highest ranking poker hand among all the players that did not fold at the end of the hand.
Poker Hand Rank
Trio - Three cards in the same rank
Straight Flush - Three cards in sequence in the same suit (Ace, 2, 3 in the same suit is highest ranking straight flush)
Straight - Three cards in sequence (Ace, 2, 3 is highest ranking straight flush)
Flush - Three cards in the same suit
Pair - Two cards in the same rank
High Card - Rank of the highest card
Card Rank
Highest to lowest - Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2
Game Play
Players can play their hand in one of two ways, seen or blind. After the deal, players can look at their three cards, and play the hand as seen. The players can leave their cards face down and play the hand blind. A player that starts the round playing blind can choose to look at their cards later in the round and start playing as seen.
The player left of the dealer is first to make a bet or fold. To stay in the round, a blind player must bet the current stake at a minimum or can bet double the current stake at maximum. The current stake starts at the amount of an ante. To stay in the round, a seen player must bet double the current stake at a minimum or four times the current stake at maximum. If a player does not want to bet to stay in the round, the player can fold.
Betting must continue until only two players remain in the round. When two players are left, a player can call for a show by making a bet (see rules for amount of bet). After a show is called for, both players show their cards. The player with the higher ranking hand wins the middle pot.
Rules
Before betting, the current stake is equal to the amount of an ante. When a blind player makes a bet, the current stake becomes the amount bet by the blind player. For example, if a blind player bets one, the current stake is one. When a seen player makes a bet, the current stake becomes half the amount bet by the seen player. For example, if a seen player bets two, the current stake is one.
If all but one player folds, the one player that didn't fold wins the middle pot.
The final show of the cards at the end of a round can only be done if all but two players have dropped out. If you are a blind player, the cost of a show is the current stake, paid into the pot. If you are a seen player, and the other player is blind, you are not allowed to call for a show. The seen player can only continue betting or drop out. If both players are seen, either player, in turn, may bet twice the current stake for a show.
After a show, if the hands are equal, the player who did not call for the show wins the pot.
When there are more than two players still in a round, and all players are seen, a sideshow can be requested. To do so, immediately after betting the minimum amount, a player can ask the player who bet immediately before them for a sideshow. The asked player can accept or refuse the sideshow. If accepted, the two players privately compare their cards. The player with the lower ranking hand must fold. If the hands are equal, the player who asked for the sideshow must fold. If the sideshow request is denied, betting will continue as usual.