Cards are auctioned off one at a time. The highest bidder takes the card and puts the money in the pot. After everyone antes, each player is dealt five cards face down which they can look at. One card is turned face up. The player to the left of the dealer starts the bidding.
Bidding then proceeds to the left, with each player either topping the previous bid, or passing.
Once a player passes, they can no longer bid on that card, but they can bid on subsequent cards. When everyone has passed except one player, that player puts his bid in the pot and takes the card. The dealer then turns the next card in the deck face up. The player to the left of whoever started the bidding the previous round starts the bidding for the new card. Play proceeds until everyone has started the bidding once.