A player who places a blind bet is referred to as the blind player. When the player sees his card, he/she can play chaal or may have other options depending upon the progress of the game. The player has option to place a bet without seeing the cards (blind) or see the card. Now it is the turn of the player next to the dealer in clockwise direction. Each player contributes the boot money and gets three cards facedown. It should be noted that in a sequence A-K-Q is the highest ranked sequence while A-2-3 is the second highest ranked sequence. The figure below shows highest to lowest cards of each rank. Ranking of the cards from high to low is: Winner is the player who remains in the game till the completion of the hand and has the best hand or the highest hand based on the cards ranking shown below. As the game progresses the pot money grows and is won by the winner of that hand.
The boot amount is the minimum stake amount put in the pot, which is the money kept in the centre of the table. Before the cards are dealt, the boot amount is decided and collected from each player. Each player is dealt three cards face down. It is normally played in a group of 3 to 6 persons and uses a 52-card pack without jokers. Teen Patti is a popular Indian gambling card game just like poker.
