 Dealing
The dealer will customarily offer to let the person to their right cut the deck prior to a hand.The players are dealt 9 cards each (given out to each player three cards at a time), after which a bid round ensues to determine which suit will be trump.Bidding
Each player bids based on the number of points he/she feels that their team can take, with the minimum bid being 40 and the maximum bid being 63 (hence the name of the game).