Each of these cards would be placed one at a time by the player holding it, and only during his turn. A player may not forfeit his turn. If a player has no card that will play against the current condition of the table, he must contribute one chip to the pot. If that player has any one card that will play against the current condition of the table, he must play it, but if he has several cards that will play, he may choose between them. If a player is found to have held cards that would have played against the table in a previous turn, and he contributed a chip instead of playing the card, he will be penalized three chips.
Players take turns around the table until one player has no cards left.
That player wins the hand, and receives all the chips contributed during that hand. For the next hand, the deal moves to the player to the former dealer's left. Of course, as hands progress, a clear winner of the game will emerge as a majority of the available chips accumulate to a single player. Fan-Tan may be played on several levels, from simple to advanced, and is a fun game for nearly any age. As experience with the game is gained, so does the complexity of the strategies within it.