For the setup of Klondike solitaire you first shuffle a deck of 52 cards. Deal out one row of seven cards. Only the first cards is dealt open. Six cards remain closed. Deal out a second row of six on top, skipping the first open card. Start with the second column. Deal the first card open. Repeat this until there are 28 cards on the table. One card on the first column and seven cards on the last.