| As usual, each turn is begun by either drawing the top card from the face-down stock or taking the whole of the discard pile. |
| In the first phase, each player's turn starts by the player drawing the top card from the face-down stock. |
| The dealer shuffles and deals each player 10 cards, one at a time. 3 cards are put face-down in the middle of the table to form the blind. |
| Cards are reshuffled, dealt evenly among the players and stacked face-down on the table to form individual player draw-decks. |
| Anassra grew worried when I did not call for her at my usual hour and entered, to find me lying face-down in a pile of papers. |
| However, players are not allowed to place a broker face-down, when it should have normally been put face-up. |
