card from the deck is kept face up on the table to begin the discard pile. the remaining cards are kept face down in the middle of the table; this is known to be the stock pile. every player has to pick his/her 13 cards to see them and then sort them as per his/her choice.
shuffle the cards properly, and place it on the table with a face down. each player has to pick a random card to decide who would be dealing the cards. this is called toss.
the player with the highest card wins the toss, and he/she must distribute (deal) 13 cards to each player from the pile 