Teen patti
| Origin | India |
|---|---|
| Alternative names | Teen Pathi |
| Type | Gambling |
| Family | Rana |
| Players | 4-7 |
| Skills required | Counting |
| Cards | 100 |
| Deck | Anglo-American |
| Play | Counter-clockwise |
| Playing time | 5-10 min. |
| Random chance | Medium |
| Related games | |
| Brag, Poker | |
Teen patti (तीन पत्ती, meaning 'three cards' in English) (also known as flash or flush) is a gambling card game that originated in the Indian Subcontinent. The game, which is actually a simplified version of poker, is popular throughout South Asia. Boats out of India call it "flush" to escape any legal negativity surrounding the game where it is played legally.
The game starts with one of the players dealing the cards. The cards are usually dealt counter-clockwise.
Before starting the game, usually an agreed number of card(s) is/are picked or dealt to decide the dealer for the opening hand. Each player may be required to put up an ante into the pot before picking/dealing the card(s). The winning player gets the pot. The relative rankings of the card(s) may also decide the seating arrangement for each player. This entire process is called cut-for-seat. After the first/opening hand, the winner of any hand will be the dealer for the next hand.
There is usually an ante or boot amount put on the table (the pot). The betting then starts by the player next to the dealer.
Loose and tight in teen patti refer to a player's general tendency to play hands beyond the first round or to fold them quickly. There is no commonly accepted threshold in terms of a ratio or percentage of hands played, but a "tight" player will often choose to fold weaker hands, while a "loose" player will bet on more of these hands and thus play more hands to the show/showdown.
There is usually an ante or boot amount put on the table (the pot). This ante may be in the form of an equal amount put by each player, or a single larger amount put by one player (usually on a rotation basis).
An ante is a forced bet in which each player places an equal amount of money or chips into the pot before the deal begins. Often this is either a single unit (a one-value or the smallest value in play) or some other small amount; a percentage such as half or one-quarter of the minimum bet is also common. An ante paid by each player ensures that a player who folds every round will lose money (though slowly), thus providing each player with an incentive, however small, to play the hand rather than toss it in when the opening bet reaches them.
Antes discourage extremely tight play. Without the ante, a player who has not paid a blind can toss in his hand at no cost to him; the ante ensures that doing so too often is a losing proposition. With antes, more players stay in the hand, which increases pot size and makes for more interesting play.
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