The first activated player in a new game is the card dealer. He can start the animated dealing of the cards from the shuffled deck:

• The cards are dealt in bunches of six (2 times 3) each.
   
• The first four bunches are dealt to the four players. Starting at the player on the right of the dealer. Then continuing counter-clockwise to the following players including the dealer himself.
   
• The next bunch of six (2 times 3) cards is dealt to the Talon pile.
   
• The last four bunches will then be dealt to the four players again.

Thus, each player gets twelve cards and six cards remain in the Talon. After dealing, the licitation process starts.