The player to dealer's left begins, and the play continues clockwise. Playĭuring the play the cards are added to a face up layout on the table, which will ultimately consist one row for each suit, beginning with the seven in the middle and building down towards the two on the left and up towards the ace on the right. This does not matter much - having an extra card is not necessarily a disadvantage, the players with more cards get to play first, and in any case as the turn to deal rotates different players take turns to start with a larger hand. Unless there are four players, some of the players will have one more card than otrhers at the end of the deal. The dealer deals all the cards, clockwise one at a time, starting with the player to dealer's left. The dealer shuffles thoroughly and the player to dealer's right may cut. DealĪny player may deal first, and the turn to deal passes to the left. From 3 to around 8 people can play, and it is probably best for 4-6 players. Players and CardsĪ standard international 52-card pack is used, the cards of each suit ranking A-K-Q-J-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2.

Home :: Card games :: Layout Group Fan Tanįan Tan, also known as Sevens or Domino and in Britain sometimes as Parliament is a straightforward game in which the object is to get rid of all one's cards by playing them to a layout.

How to play the card game sevens