For 2 players, each player is dealt 6 cards. For 3 players, each player is dealt 5 cards, and one card is dealt into the kitty. For 4 players, each player is dealt 5 cards. The rest of the cards are placed in their pile on the table. The cards are cut, and low card is the first dealer.
Deal passes on clockwise.
Before game play begins, you must decide which four cards you wish to keep, and discard your extra cards to the kitty. This is the general scoring table. Below it are some rules that apply to the scoring table. If this card is a jack, it is the Knobs card, and the player who flipped it immediately scores his two points. Otherwise, this card is only used during the second round of scoring and does not affect the first round of play.