After taking the blind cards, the picker will discard two cards from their hand.Slide the 'picker' puck beneath that player's seat to indicate this. For their first turn, each player will have the option to pick up the blind cards and place them in their hand.The person to the dealer's left traditionally goes first, and play proceeds clockwise.Place the remaining cards (two or four) face-down on the table.For a 3 player game, each person would receive 10 cards 4 players get 7 cards 5 players get 6 cards. Choose a dealer at random, then deal as much of the deck as possible to all players, making sure each one receives the same number of cards.Use a standard deck of cards (no Jokers) with all suits 2-6 removed, leaving only 32 cards in the deck (7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, A).4 players is possible, but not generally recommended. Sheepshead is best played with either 3 or 5 players.Whoever has the most at the end of the game wins. Winning players/teams earn points accumulated between rounds.The main goal of Sheepshead is to capture tricks and earn at least 61 points during the round.
