The game is very straightforward and doesn’t require any strategy - this is one of the many reasons why it is so well-liked in India. The dealer will shuffle the deck of cards. Then players place their bets on either Andar (left) or Bahar (right) as the winning side to equal the card in the middle. The dealer will draw a card from the middle and place it on the table. He will then start to deal with the cards facing up until he deals with a card that equals the number on the middle card. The winning side is the one that gets the card with an equal number first, signaling the end of the round.