Players continue to take turns, adding their points together until someone reaches 31 or close to it. Each player looks at their cards and puts two of them face down into a crib.
For two players, each is dealt six cards, while three or four players are dealt five cards each. The number of cards dealt is based on how many players are in the game. The player with the lowest card deals the first hand. To start off the game, each player cuts a card.
