Pair - two cards of the same rank. Between two such hands, compare the Card Games from Around the World pair first, then the odd card if these are equal. The highest pair hand is Compiled by the Staff of Two Horizons Press therefore A-A-K and the lowest is 2-2-3. As a Resource for the Heritage Playing Cards High card - three cards that do not belong to any of the above types. Compare the highest card first, then the second highest, then the lowest. www.TwoHorizonsPress.com The best hand of this type is A-K-J of mixed suits, and the worst is 5-3-2. India Any hand of a higher type beats any hand of a lower type - for example the lowest run 4-3-2 beats the best colour A-K-J. Introduction: players, cards, deal Teen PathiPathi, sometimes spelled Teen PattiPatti, means "threethree cardscards". It is an The betting process Indian gambling game, also known as FlushFlush, and is almost identical to The betting starts with the player to the left of the dealer, and continues the British game 3 Card Brag. An international 52 card pack is used, with players taking turns in clockwise order around the table, for as many cards ranking in the usual order from ace (high) down to two (low). Any circuits as are needed. Each player in turn can either put an additional reasonable number of players can take part; it is probably best for about bet into the pot to stay in, or pay nothing further and foldfold. When folding 4 to 7 players. you permanently drop out of the betting and sacrifice any money you Before playing it is necessary to agree the value of the minimum stake have already put into the pot during that deal. (which I will call one unit). Everyone places this minimum stake in the pot The amount that you have to put in at your turn in order to stay in the - a collection of money in the centre of the table, which will be won by one game depends on the "current stake"stake", and whether you are playing blind of the players. The dealer deals out the cards one at a time until or seen - seen players have to bet twice as much as blind players to stay everyone has three cards. The players then bet on who has the best in. At the start of the betting the current stake is one unit (i.e. the three card hand. Each has the option to look at their three-card hand amouint that each player put in the pot as an ante). before betting (playing seenseen) or to leave their cards face down on the table (playing blindblind). If you are a blind player (you have not looked at your cards), you must put in at least the current stake and not more than twice the current stake. The ranking of hands The current stake for the next player is then the amount that you put in. The ranking of the possible hands, from high to low, is as follows. If you are a seen player you must bet at least twice the current stake and not more than four times the current stake. The current stake for the next Trio - three cards of the same rank. Three aces are the best trio and three player becomes half the amount that you bet. twos are the lowest. If you are a blind player, you may choose to look at your cards when your Straight run - three consecutive cards of the same suit. Ace can be used turn comes to bet. You then become a seen player and from that turn in the run A-2-3, which is the highest straight run. Next comes A-K-Q, K-Q- onwards you must bet at least twice the current stake (or fold). J and so on down to 4-3-2, which is the lowest. 2-A-K is not a valid run. The betting continues in this way until one of the following things Normal run - three consecutive cards, not all of the same suit. A-2-3 is happens: the best normal run, then A-K-Q, K-Q-J and so on down to 4-3-2. 2-A-K is not valid. All except one player have folded. In that case the last surviving player wins all the money in the pot, ireespective of the cards held. Colour - any three cards of the same suit. When comparing two colours, compare the highest card; if these are equal compare the second; if All except two players have folded and one of these players at their turn these are equal too, compare the lowest. Thus the highest colour is A-K-J pays for a showshow. In that case the cards of both players are exposed and and the lowest is 5-3-2. compared. The rules for a show are as follows: A show cannot occur until all but two players have dropped out. Visit us online at www.TwoHorizonsPress.com Visit us online at www.TwoHorizonsPress.com If you are a blind player, the cost of a show is the current stake, paid into Pakistan the pot, irrespective of whether the other player is blind or seen. You do not look at your own cards until after you have paid for the show. SeepSeep, also known as SipSipSip,Sip Sweep or occasionally SivSivSiv or Shiv is a fishing game related to Casino. The main part of this page describes a version of If you are a seen player and the other player is blind, you are not allowed Seep played in northern India, where the game is popular. It is also to demand a show. The seen player can only continue betting or drop out. played in Pakistan, where the scoring is somewhat different, as described If both players are seen, either player in turn may pay twice the current at the end of the page. stake for a show. Players and Cards In a show, both players' cards are exposed, and the player whose hand is higher ranking wins the pot. If the hands are equal, the player who did Seep is normally played by four people in fixed partnerships of two with not pay for the show wins the pot. partners sitting opposite one another. The deal and play are counter- clockwise. A 2 player variation also exists but is less common. If allallall the players are seen, then at your turn, immediately after betting the minimum amount (twice the current stake), you can ask the player who A standard English pattern 52-card pack (without jokers) is used. bet immediately before you for a compromisecompromise. That player can accept or refuse the compromise. Objective and scores If the compromise is accepted, the two players involved privately The aim of the game is to capture cards worth points from a layout on the compare their cards, and the player with the lower ranking cards must table (also known as the floorfloor). The game ends when one team has immediately fold. If they are equal, the player who asked for the accumulated a lead of at least 100 points over the other team (this is compromise must fold. called a baazibaazi). Players can decide in advance how many games (baazisbaazisbaazis) If the compromise is refused, the betting continues as usual with the they want to play. player after the one who asked for the compromise. The method of capture is to play a card from one's hand and to pick up Example. Players A, B , C & D are playing the game. They all put 1 unit on with it one or more cards or groups of cards from the table that have a the table and D deals. Player A decides to play blindblind and puts one more capture value equal to the played card. For the purposes of capture, aces unit. Player B sees his cards and folds. Player C plays blind and bets one have a capture value of 1, cards from 2 to 10 are face value, a jack has unit. Player D looks at his cards and puts in 2 units (the minimum capture value 11, queen 12 and king 13. During the game it is possible amount); the current stake remains at one unit. Player A raises the stake to build sets of cards into piles called houses, which can then only be by putting in 2 units. Player C looks at his cards and folds. Player D puts captured as a unit. Cards on the floor that are not part of a house are in 4 units (the minimum amount for a seen player since A chas raised the called loose cardscards. current stake to 2). Player A decides to look at his cards, and having At the end of the play the scoring value of the captured cards is counted: done so he puts in 4 units and asks for a show. Player D shows his cards and the winner takes it all. All cards of the Spade suit have point values corresponding to their capture value (from the king, worth 13, down to the ace, worth 1) Note that the betting process in this game is quite different from Poker betting. There is no concept of equalising the bets, and a showdown is The aces of the other three suits are also worth 1 point each not possible with more than two players.