Teen Patti guide
How to play Teen Patti
Rules, step by step
- Boot. Every player puts the table's boot amount into the pot. This starts the pot and is the first stake.
- Deal. Each player gets 3 cards face down.
- Blind or seen. You may play blind (without looking at your cards) or seen (after looking). Once you look, you are seen for the rest of the hand.
- Your turn. Play goes clockwise. On your turn you can:
- Chaal: bet to stay in. A blind player bets 1× to 2× the current stake; a seen player bets 2× to 4× the current stake.
- Pack: fold and leave the hand. Chips already in the pot stay there.
- Side show (seen players only): ask the previous seen player to compare cards privately. If they accept, the weaker hand packs. If both hands are equal, the player who asked packs.
- Show: when only two players are left, either can pay for a show. Both hands are revealed and the better hand wins the pot.
- Limits. Each table has a chaal limit and a pot limit. When the pot limit is reached, all remaining hands are shown automatically.
- Winner. The last player left, or the best hand at the show, wins the pot.
Exact stake rules and limits can differ slightly between tables and variations. The rules shown inside each table in the game always apply.
Common terms
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Boot | The minimum amount every player puts in before cards are dealt. |
| Blind | Playing without looking at your cards. Blind bets are smaller. |
| Seen / Chaal | Playing after looking at your cards, and the bet you make to stay in. |
| Pack | Folding your hand. |
| Side show | A private comparison of cards with the previous seen player. |
| Show | Revealing the last two hands to decide the winner. |
| Pot limit | The maximum size of the pot before an automatic show. |
Hand rankings
From strongest to weakest. A-K-Q is the highest sequence and A-2-3 is the second highest.
1
Trail (Set)Three cards of the same rank
2
Pure SequenceThree in a row, same suit
3
Sequence (Run)Three in a row, mixed suits
4
Color (Flush)Three cards of the same suit
5
PairTwo cards of the same rank
6
High CardNone of the above
If two players have the same type of hand, the one with the higher cards wins, compared from the highest card down.
Variations in Teen Patti Offline
| Variation | What changes |
|---|---|
| Classic | The original rules described above. |
| Joker | One random card is wild for everyone. |
| Muflis | Hand rankings are reversed: the lowest hand wins. |
| AK47 | All Aces, Kings, 4s and 7s are jokers. |
| 999 | Card points are added up; the hand closest to 999 wins. |
| Lowest Joker | Your lowest card becomes wild. |
| Highest Joker | Your highest card becomes wild. |
| 4X Boot | The boot amount is four times bigger. |
| Hukam | One trump suit beats the others each round. |
| Pot Blind | Everyone plays blind; nobody sees their cards. |
| Banco | Bet the whole pot in a single move. |
All variations use virtual chips only. There is no real money and nothing of value to win.