Read a variant in four parts: objective, card representation, final-hand selection and tie procedure. The room’s written rules define each part.
A variant name is a useful starting label. The complete comparison comes from its written conditions. Use this guide to identify the changed rule before applying a familiar Teen Patti hand chart. Every worked example below states its own teaching convention.
Build a four-part variant note
Write the objective first: strongest standard hand, a low-hand objective or a target score. Next record the role of each card, including any wild ranks. Then record how the final hand is selected and how equal results are resolved. This sequence keeps the comparison reproducible.
The standard six-category chart describes three natural cards. Apply a variant’s adjustments explicitly when moving beyond that model.
| Variant label | Rule to read first | Practical question |
|---|---|---|
| Muflis | Low-hand ordering | How does the room order categories, Aces and equal low hands? |
| AK47 | A, K, 4 and 7 as designated wild ranks | Which substitutions and natural-hand preferences apply? |
| Joker | Selection and use of a wild rank | When is the rank selected and what may it represent? |
| 999 | Target-scoring method | How are card values, positions and equal totals interpreted? |
| Best of Four | Four-card selection procedure | When are three cards selected and which ranking compares them? |
Muflis: state the low-hand comparison
For a high-card-only teaching comparison, suppose the agreed rule prefers the lower top rank, then the lower second and third ranks. Q♠ 8♥ 3♦ comes before K♣ 9♦ 4♠ under that stated rule because Queen is lower than King. Both examples are high-card shapes.
A full Muflis room also needs its category order and Ace treatment. Write those beside the example before introducing a pair, sequence or Ace. This keeps a limited teaching example attached to the rule that produced it.
AK47 and Joker: show the representation
An AK47 label commonly designates Aces, Kings, fours and sevens as wild ranks. A Joker label can designate a selected rank instead. The useful detail is the representation rule: record what each wild card may stand for and how natural hands compare with represented hands.
Consider 6♥ 7♥ plus a designated wild card. Under a teaching rule that permits that card to represent 8♥, the represented hand is 6♥ 7♥ 8♥, a pure sequence. Put the printed hand and represented hand in separate columns. The Joker worked guide explains that distinction in more detail.
Best of Four: enumerate the four choices
Use the natural cards 9♠ 9♥ 2♦ K♣ and a teaching rule that selects any three before a standard comparison. Four cards produce C(4,3) = 4 possible subsets. Two subsets retain the pair of nines; the King kicker ranks above the two kicker. The selected hand is 9♠ 9♥ K♣.
That result follows from two declared stages: choose a subset, then rank the selected three. A room’s selection timing and reveal procedure remain part of its own rules.
999: capture the scoring specification
Record the value assigned to each printed card, how three values form the target comparison and what happens when results match. Keep the target-score worksheet separate from the standard category chart. A target-scoring example becomes useful when every scoring step is written beside its cards.
Carry the rule into practice
Create a printable practice rule card, write the changed condition at the top and explain one result aloud. For natural-card questions, use the two-hand comparison tool with its named Ace profile. Its six categories cover its stated natural-card model. 18+ only: practise with counters, a planned session boundary and regular breaks.
Source references
Read each source within its stated product, rule or file scope.