📌 Quick Info
- Name of the Game: Teen Patti
- Number of Players: 3 to 6 (can go up to 10)
- Deck Required: 1 Standard 52-card deck (no Jokers)
🎯 Objective
To have the best 3-card hand at showdown or to bluff opponents into folding before the showdown. The player with the best hand or the last player remaining wins the pot.🛠️ What You Need
- Standard deck of 52 cards
- Chips or coins (optional for home play)
- Betting area or pot in the center
🔄 How to Play – Step by Step
▶️ 1. Boot Amount
- All players place a fixed minimum stake (called the boot) into the pot before cards are dealt.
▶️ 2. Deal
- Each player is dealt 3 cards face-down.
▶️ 3. Turn-Based Betting
- Players take turns clockwise, choosing from:
- Seen: Look at your cards
- Blind: Bet without looking at your cards
- Players can Call, Raise, or Fold.
- Blind players bet less than seen players (usually half).
▶️ 4. Showdown
- If only 2 players remain, one can request a Show.
- Both hands are revealed and compared.
- The best 3-card hand wins the entire pot.
🧮 Hand Rankings (High to Low)
- Trio (Three of a Kind): Three cards of the same rank (e.g., 3♠ 3♥ 3♦)
- Pure Sequence (Straight Flush): Three consecutive cards of the same suit (e.g., 4♣ 5♣ 6♣)
- Sequence (Straight): Three consecutive cards of different suits
- Color (Flush): Three cards of the same suit, not in sequence
- Pair (Two of a Kind): Two cards of same rank + one unmatched card
- High Card: None of the above — highest card wins
📘 Common Variants
- Muflis: Lowest hand wins
- Joker: One or more cards act as wild cards
- AK47: Aces, Kings, 4s, and 7s are Jokers
- 999: Closest hand to 9-9-9 wins
♠️ Teen Patti Variations – Complete Guide
🔹 What are Teen Patti Variations?
Teen Patti is a highly flexible game. Over time, dozens of creative and regional variants have evolved, making the game even more exciting. These variations fall into three main types:
- Joker-Based Variations: Involve wild cards or special jokers
- Hand Ranking Variations: Modify what counts as a strong or weak hand
- Gameplay Mechanic Variations: Change the format, structure, or betting rounds
🃏 Joker-Based Variations
- AK47: All Aces, Kings, 4s, and 7s are Jokers.
- Joker Hunt: Players choose jokers from a set of open cards before play begins.
- Buying Jokers Seen/Unseen: Players pay chips to pick jokers, either face-up or face-down.
- Rotating Jokers: The joker changes position or suit each round clockwise.
- Folding Joker: If a player folds, their highest card becomes a joker for remaining players.
- Pairs Are Jokers: Any player holding a pair uses it as jokers for forming a better hand.
- One-Eyed Jack: Only Jacks showing one eye (J♠ and J♥) act as jokers.
- King Little: Kings are the lowest cards but act as jokers.
- Auction: Joker is selected through an open auction before the round starts.
- 1942 Love Story: Cards 1, 9, 4, and 2 are jokers; the player with any combination gains advantage.
- Temperature: A rotating card determines joker and changes every round like a temperature meter.
- Lallan Kallan: Black cards have one joker rule, red cards another (dual rule set).
- Plus Sign: Four face-up cards in a “+” sign; vertical = joker for all, horizontal = private joker.
🔁 Hand Ranking Variations
- Muflis (Lowball): The lowest hand wins. Example: 2-3-5 beats Q-K-A.
- 999: Try to form a hand closest to 9-9-9. Example: 9-9-8 is stronger than 9-9-6.
- Odd Sequence: Only odd-numbered sequences (3-5-7, 5-7-9) are valid. Even sequences are invalid.
- Closest to 555: Players aim for a hand value closest to 5-5-5 instead of the highest ranked hand.
🔄 Gameplay Mechanic Variations
- Best of Four: Players get 4 cards but use only the best 3 for their hand.
- Discard One: Players discard 1 card from 4 after viewing all to form a final hand.
- Two Cards Open: 2 cards are dealt face-up, 1 face-down. Adds psychological bluff element.
- Stud: Similar to Poker Stud — mix of open and closed cards dealt in phases.
- Community: Players use 2 private cards + 1 shared (community) card to form the best hand.
- 3-2-1: Cards are dealt in phases: 3 cards, then 2, then 1. Betting after each phase.
- High-Low Split: Pot is split between the highest and the lowest valid hand.
- Sudden Death: One betting round; player with the best hand wins immediately.
- Faceoff: All players reveal cards at once. No betting — pure hand strength comparison.
- In-Out: After receiving cards, players declare whether they stay in or go out immediately.
- Wild Draw: A card is randomly drawn from the deck to act as a joker for all players.
- Cobra: Each player receives 1 card. Players hold it to their forehead without seeing it — others see your card but you don’t!
🎯 Tips for Playing Variations
- Understand whether hand ranking or gameplay changes in each variant.
- In joker-heavy formats, prioritize combinations over high cards.
- In bluffing rounds like Sudden Death or In-Out, read player expressions and tendencies.
- Balance bluffing with logic, especially in lowball formats like Muflis.
📌 Final Note
Teen Patti variations offer endless combinations and styles of play. Whether you enjoy bluffing, strategy, or chaos — there’s a version for everyone.
🧠 Strategy Tips
- Play blind in early rounds to stay low on stakes
- Bluff carefully — watch for player expressions and betting patterns
- Track folded hands and betting habits to identify bold or cautious players
📚 History & Origin
- Teen Patti means “Three Cards” in Hindi.
- Derived from British game Three Card Brag and adapted for Indian play style.
- Traditionally played during Diwali and social gatherings across India.