Teen Do Paanch

India’s three-two-five. Make your target of tricks, and pull your opponents’ best cards when you beat it. 3 players.

Also known as 3-2-5 and 2-3-5.

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How to play Teen Do Paanch

  1. 1Three players and a 30-card pack: ace down to seven in hearts and spades, ace down to eight in clubs and diamonds. Aces are high.
  2. 2Each deal, everyone has a number of tricks to make: the dealer needs 2, the next player 5 and the last player 3. The dealer moves one seat on each deal.
  3. 3Everyone gets five cards. The player who needs five names trump from theirs, then everyone gets five more.
  4. 4From the second deal on, cards change hands before play. For each trick a player took over their target last deal, they pull a card from a player who fell short.
  5. 5To pull, name a suit. The other player must hand over their highest card of that suit; if they have none, name another. Then give back any one card from your hand.
  6. 6The player who named trump leads the first trick. Follow the suit led if you can; otherwise play anything. The highest trump wins, or the highest card of the suit led. The winner leads next.
  7. 7After the ten tricks, each player scores the tricks they took minus their target, so going over is a plus and falling short a minus. After 6 deals the highest total wins.

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