Teen Patti Gold
The basic flow
Teen patti uses a single 52-card deck and seats three to six players. Everyone posts a small ante (the 'boot') to build the pot, then receives three face-down cards. Play moves clockwise: on your turn you either bet to stay in or fold and lose your ante.
You play one of two ways. 'Blind' means you bet without looking and stake less. 'Seen' (chaal) means you've looked and must bet at least double the current blind stake. The round ends when everyone folds but one, or two players call a 'show'.
Hand rankings, strongest first
Trail (three of a kind) beats everything — three aces is the best hand. Below it: a pure sequence (three consecutive cards of one suit), then a plain sequence, then colour (three of one suit), then a pair, and finally high card.
A common beginner mistake is overvaluing a pair. Against several seen players, a low pair is fragile — fold it early rather than feeding the pot.
First-night discipline
Play blind for the first few turns when stakes are low; it's cheap and it hides your hand. Once you look, commit only to genuinely strong holdings. Set a buy-in you're happy to lose, and stop when it's gone.