◇ PLAY / GATHERNº 38 THE CARD ROOM

THREE CARDS. A LITTLE NERVE.

Teen Patti.

✦Free practice chips. A fresh 256 per seat, every deal.
BOOT 1
BLIND STAKE 1
PRACTICE CAP 64× BOOT
ON THE TABLE 3FREE CHIPS
Showdown at 64+
LOCAL
PRACTICE
YOUR TURN · BLINDThree cards. Yours to discover.

Show is available when only two seats remain.

Table rules & hand rankings +

Keep a little mystery.

Each seat receives three cards and posts a boot of 1. Stay blind, or look to become seen. On your turn, bet, raise or fold. The last active seat takes the pot; with two left, an eligible seat can pay for a show.

First strategy

Looking gives you information, but seen bets cost twice as much. A pair is a useful reason to stay; a weak high card is a good reason to consider folding.

01 Trail three equal ranks02 Pure sequence run, same suit03 Sequence run, mixed suits04 Colour three of one suit05 Pair two equal ranks06 High card compare highest first

This table's exact profile

  • One 52-card deck, three seats, no jokers. All chips are free, reset every deal, and have no purchase or redemption.
  • Blind: bet 1× or raise 2× the current stake. That bet becomes the blind stake. Seen: bet 2× or raise 4×; the new blind stake is half that bet.
  • Sequence order: A–K–Q > A–2–3 > K–Q–J … 4–3–2. This is our stated local variant; Pagat ranks A–2–3 highest. K–A–2 is not a run. Aces are high for pairs, trails and high-card comparisons. Suits never break ties.
  • Show: only with two active seats. It costs 1× stake blind or 2× seen. A seen seat cannot request a show against a blind seat. If hands tie, the requester loses the show.
  • Practice cap, a house rule: after a bet reaches or crosses 64× boot, all remaining hands immediately show. The strongest takes the pot. Tied best hands split it equally; fractional demo chips are allowed. A requested show still uses the requester-loses-ties rule.
  • No sideshow, payments, multiplayer or persistent chip economy. Mira and Arun use only their own seen cards and public table information.

Use Tab and Enter/Space for every control. Seeded deals can be replayed with ?seed=123. Cards reveal at the end so you can compare the hands.

Original geometric card art and code · local single-player game · basic practice opponents