Since you want to fit as many cards into each column as possible, you would ideally like to start each column with a high card, to leave the maximum amount of room. Beside the stock pile, a face-up discard pile will be formed from the cards discarded by the players. Any Aces held by the players are immediately discarded and new cards are drawn until each player again has 5 cards. Ace discards are displayed separately from the central discard pile, so that all can see how many Aces have appeared. Note that if three or four Aces are uncovered in the starting procedures, then there is no first phase and the second phase starts immediately.
Play starts at the left of the dealer and continues clockwise.
In the first phase, each player's turn starts by the player drawing the top card from the face-down stock. If it is an Ace, it must immediately be discarded and a new card drawn from the stock to replenish the hand, and the player's turn continues. Whether or not an ace was drawn, the player must either discard one of the six cards in his hand face-up, on top of the central discard pile, or place one of his six cards into his tableau. Once the third Ace is drawn, the second phase commences with the player who drew the third Ace. This player discards the Ace and does not replenish his hand.