How to Play Teen Patti: Rules, Hand Ranking and Game Guide

Learn how to play Teen Patti with clear rules, hand ranking, betting terms and room etiquette.

Hand ranking

Hand	Meaning
Trail (Set)	Three cards of the same rank
Pure Sequence	Three consecutive cards of one suit
Sequence	Three consecutive cards of mixed suits
Colour	Three cards of one suit, not consecutive
Pair	Two cards of the same rank
High Card	None of the above; highest card counts

Boot	The starting stake every player adds to the pot.
Blind	Betting without looking at your cards.
Seen	A player who has looked at the cards and bets double.
Chaal	Matching the current stake to stay in the round.
Pack	Folding your hand and leaving the round.
Show	Asking for the cards to be compared at the end.

Classic Teen Patti
Each player gets three cards and there are no wild cards; the strongest three-card hand wins the pot.

Joker mode
One random card rank becomes wild and can complete any hand, so trails and sequences appear more often.

Muflis (lowest hand wins)
The ranking is reversed: the weakest hand wins, so a high card of 2-3-5 is the best you can hold.

AK47 mode
Aces, kings, fours and sevens act as wild cards, which makes strong hands common and bluffing harder.

Poker style
Community cards are dealt in rounds with betting between them; the best five-card hand at the showdown wins.

Rummy style
Arrange thirteen cards into sets and runs, draw and discard each turn, and declare first with a valid arrangement.

Andar Bahar
A joker card is shown; pick the Andar or Bahar side you think will receive the matching card first.