Teen Patti hand rankings: Trail through High Card

The hand ladder, top to bottom, with tie-break rules. Used at every standard cash and festival Teen Patti table; joker variants and Muflis use the amended ladders on the variant pages.

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Teen Patti hand rankings: Trail through High Card

The hand ladder, top to bottom, with tie-break rules. Used at every standard cash and festival Teen Patti table; joker variants and Muflis use the amended ladders on the variant pages.

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The Trail through High Card ladder, top to bottom

Standard Teen Patti hands, ranked highest to lowest. Each hand shows the category, a labelled example and the percent of all 3-card deals the category covers.

1
Trail (Trio)Three cards of the same rank. A-A-A is the strongest; 2-2-2 is the weakest Trail.
~0.24% of hands
2
Pure SequenceThree consecutive cards of the same suit. A-K-Q is the strongest.
~0.22% of hands
3
Sequence (Run)Three consecutive cards of mixed suits. A-2-3 is valid (low straight).
~3.26% of hands
4
FlushThree non-sequential cards of the same suit. Suits never break ties.
~4.96% of hands
5
PairTwo cards of the same rank. Higher pair wins; else highest kicker decides.
~16.74% of hands
6
High CardNothing else. Highest single card decides on show.
~74.62% of hands

Tie-break rules in five lines

When two players claim hands in the same category, the highest individual card decides. Two Pair hands break first by the higher pair, then by the higher kicker. Trail ties go by the rank of the trio, not by suit. Flush ties go by the highest card inside that flush, then the second and third. If both hands match rank for rank, the pot is split evenly.

Is A-2-3 a valid Sequence?

Yes. Most houses accept A-2-3 as the low end of a Sequence or Pure Sequence. A-K-Q is the high end; A-2-3 is the low end. Q-K-A written as A-K-Q is the same high-end straight. Some houses restrict Pure Sequence and Sequence to start at 2-3-4 to keep the Ace from acting as both ends; ask before sitting at a new table.

The "best five-card hand out of three" myth

Poker players expect a Three-of-a-Kind + kicker to count as a five-card hand. Teen Patti does not. Three Aces is a Trail, never a Pair plus kicker. The hand ladder collapses to three cards; do not try to "make" a five-card hand out of three.

Reverse ladders in Muflis and Lowest

Muflis flips the ladder. The weakest 3-card High Card wins. Pair and Trail still beat High Card, but the goal is the lowest hand. Lowest is more strict: Pair is usually disallowed, Trail is almost always disqualified, and the single lowest High Card wins the pot. Both variants are explained in the variant gallery.

When jokers change the ladder

Joker mode adds one or more printed jokers that act as wilds. The basic Trail, Pure Sequence and Sequence categories all become easier to make. Most houses cap the wild Trail or restrict wild Pair to keep the ladder meaningful; the Joker page on this site lists the three common house modes.

Quick trainer at the quiz desk

Three spread quizzes on the quiz desk let you read a hand and call the category before the verdict chip lands. Use it to train the eye to read Trail, Pure Sequence and Pair quickly. Most sessions take under five minutes.

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Hand-ranking FAQ

Trail beats Pure Sequence, Sequence, Flush, Pair and High Card. Pure Sequence beats Sequence, Flush, Pair and High Card. Sequence beats Flush, Pair and High Card. Flush beats Pair and High Card. Pair beats High Card.

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