Teen Patti sequences, with the ace rule made clear.

Check the run and the suit separately

Read 9♠ 8♥ 7♦ as a run of consecutive ranks across different suits: a sequence. Change the suits to 9♥ 8♥ 7♥ and the hand becomes a pure sequence. The ranks stayed the same while the category changed.

Now read K♥ 9♥ 4♥. All three cards share a suit, while their ranks make a color. These three examples give you a compact way to distinguish the structures.

Use a named ace convention

This guide’s default examples use A-K-Q, then A-2-3, then K-Q-J. Publisher instructions can present different sequence treatments by mode, so the room’s displayed rule is the reference for the round you actually selected.

A♠ 2♥ 3♦ against K♣ Q♥ J♦ illustrates the distinction. With A-2-3 second, the ace-low run leads. With A-2-3 lowest, K-Q-J leads. The cards are identical across the two examples; the declared rule changes the result.

Compare sequence with sequence

Once the category matches, use that category’s run order. Q♠ J♥ 10♦ leads 9♣ 8♦ 7♥ under the ordinary descending run order. Comparing only the first card happens to work here, but naming the complete run is a better explanation.

For a sequence against a pure sequence, the category ladder decides first. A lower pure sequence can lead a higher mixed-suit sequence because they occupy different categories.

Use three checks before a comparison

1. Name each hand’s category.
2. Find the active A-2-3 convention and any wild-card rule.
3. Apply the category ladder, then the within-category run order.

Our standard-hand tool keeps wild-card formats outside its calculation. Use the variation guide to identify which physical cards change their meaning before evaluating a Joker or AK47 hand.

Sequence questions