Nou piles de cartes, amb nou cartes a la primera pila, vuit a la segona i així fins a una carta a l'última pila. Aquestes cartes es reparteixen cara avall. Finalment la carta superior de cada pila es gira cara amunt.
Nine piles of cards, with nine cards in the first pile, eight in the second, and so on to the one card in the last pile. These cards are dealt face down. The top card in every pile is then flipped up.