All the main features are identical to the two and three handed versions.
Partners sit opposite each other.
One member of each partnership is elected to peg and these two players cut for the first crib. Cards are dealt clockwise one at a time, face down, five to each player. Each player puts one card in the dealers crib. Partners may help each other in keeping score and will try to assist each other with good discards if possible into the partners crib and will co-operate during play to trap their opponents or to improve each other's pegging. But they may not overtly advise on play or indicate the cards they hold.