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What changes in Muflis

Muflis, also written Mufliss and sometimes called lowball Teen Patti, keeps every classic hand category and simply reverses their order. The word means a poor or penniless person in Hindi and Urdu, which suits a game where the poorest hand is the richest one.

You still sort a hand into trail, pure sequence, sequence, colour, pair or high card exactly as you would in a classic game. The only question that changes is which end of the list you want to be at. In Muflis you want a plain, unconnected high card hand made of small cards.

Muflis rankings

Best first. The categories are the classic ones in reverse, and inside each category the lower hand wins.

Who wins? Worked examples

Each pair of hands below is compared by the Muflis rules.

How to compare two Muflis hands

Look at the category first. If the categories differ, the one nearer the top of the Muflis list wins, whatever the cards inside it.

If both hands are in the same category, compare them the classic way and give the pot to the lower hand. High cards and colours are compared from the highest card down: 9-6-4 beats 9-7-2 because the six is lower than the seven. Pairs compare the pair first and then the odd card, so 3-3-2 beats 3-3-5, and both lose to 2-2-A. Trails are compared by rank, so three twos is the least bad trail and three aces the worst hand in the game.

Runs keep their classic order reversed. 4-3-2 is the best run and A-K-Q the worst. A-2-3, which is the second-best run in a classic game, is the second-worst run in Muflis.

Why A-2-3 is not a low hand

Players coming from other lowball games often expect A-2-3 to be the dream hand. In Muflis it is not, for two reasons. The ace always counts high, and the three cards form a run, which puts them in one of the worst categories. Against almost any plain high card hand, A-2-3 loses.

If you want the lowest possible cards, you want them broken: 5-3-2 in mixed suits is the best hand because 4-3-2 would be a run.

Betting, show and side show in Muflis

Nothing about the betting changes. Everyone posts the boot, blind players bet the stake and seen players twice the stake, and you can pack at any turn. A show is possible once two players are left, and a seen player can ask the previous seen player for a side show while three or more remain.

When hands are compared, in a show, a side show or at the pot limit, the lower Muflis hand wins. If the two hands are exactly equal, the player who asked for the show or the side show loses, just as in classic play. Equal hands at a pot-limit showdown split the pot.

Muflis tips

• Small, broken cards are what you want. Check that your low cards do not join into a run (5-4-3) or share a suit, because either one pushes the hand down the list.
• Treat any pair as a warning and any trail as a hand to pack. A pair of twos only beats about a quarter of all Muflis hands.
• An ace or king is a heavy card. A-5-3 is weaker than K-Q-10, and both beat fewer than half of all hands.
• About three hands in four are plain high card hands, the best Muflis category, so a random blind hand is better placed here than in a classic game. Staying blind for a round or two while the stake is low makes sense.
• Retrain your eye at the show: a colour looks strong, but in Muflis it loses to any pair.

Where versions differ

Some home games count the ace low in Muflis or call A-2-3 the lowest run. This table follows the online apps: the classic order is simply reversed and the ace stays high.

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