Casino Exchange - Batting -- 2

Teen Patti is a popular Indian gambling card game just like poker. It is normally played in a group of 3 to 6 persons and uses a 52-card pack without jokers. Each player is dealt three cards face down. Before the cards are dealt, the boot amount is decided and collected from each player. The boot amount is the minimum stake amount put in the pot, which is the money kept in the center of the table. As the game progresses the pot money grows and is won by the winner of that hand. The 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.

Ranking of the cards from high to low is:

Trail or Set (three of the same rank),
Pure sequence,
Sequence (or run),
Color,
Pair (two cards of the same rank), and
High Card.

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 cards 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 the cards. The winning player gets the pot. The relative rankings of the cards may also decide the seating arrangement for each player. This entire process is called cut-for-seat. After the 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.