Teen Patti

Orkut is ringing in the changes... With applications that you can add to your profile, inviting others to join you in all the fun... The applications include the likes of Cricket games, fantasy games, music players, quizzes, movie makers etc. But the most interesting application I found was Teen Patti. Its fantastic, its fun and a way to know other people..

My friends keep asking me about the rule.. Since betting takes care of itself in Orkut, I write here the rules of the best hand:

The ranking of the possible hands, from high to low, is as follows.

1. Trio - three cards of the same rank. Three aces are the best trio and three twos are the lowest.
2. Straight run - three consecutive cards of the same suit. Ace can be used in the run A-2-3, which is the highest straight run. Next comes A-K-Q, K-Q-J and so on down to 4-3-2, which is the lowest. 2-A-K is not a valid run.
3. Normal run - three consecutive cards, not all of the same suit. A-2-3 is 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.
4. Colour - any three cards of the same suit. When comparing two colours, compare the highest card; if these are equal compare the second; if these are equal too, compare the lowest. Thus the highest colour is A-K-J and the lowest is 5-3-2.
5. Pair - two cards of the same rank. Between two such hands, compare the pair first, then the odd card if these are equal. The highest pair hand is therefore A-A-K and the lowest is 2-2-3.
6. 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. The best hand of this type is A-K-J of mixed suits, and the worst is 5-3-2.

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.