A seen Teen Patti bet is double the blind: 40 against a blind of 20

Blind players in Teen Patti stake a smaller amount than players who have looked at their cards. On the table in this example the boot is 10, the blind bet is 20, and the seen bet is 40. The seen stake is double the blind stake. That double is the price of looking. It is not a side show, and it is not a raise you choose later. The moment the cards are seen, the next contribution to the pot follows the seen column.

Boot ten sets the table, not the call

Put the three numbers on one line and keep them there: boot 10, blind 20, seen 40. A player who stays blind puts in 20 when the action reaches that level. A player who has looked puts in 40 for the same round of betting. Two seen players calling the current level are each paying 40, not splitting a 40 pot. The boot of 10 was the entry, already in the middle, and it does not replace either bet. Later doubles of the staking level still respect the same relationship: seen remains double blind at the new level, unless the felt prints a different multiple.

The double hits as soon as you look

Read that multiple on the table you joined. Some rooms use a different blind-to-seen ratio, and some change it when you move. The 20 and 40 here are an illustration of the common double on a boot of 10, so you can see the gap in one round. They are not a guess you should force onto a cloth that prints something else. If you intend to play seen, budget the 40, not the 20. Looking because the cards might be a trail, then calling as if you were still blind, is how the hand costs twice the chip you thought you were risking.