Pocha is played up to a certain number of hands, which has been previously agreed by the players. In hands where all the cards in the deck are dealt, the dealer shows their cards before keeping it themself, and that card establish the trump suit. Then the dealer deals each player the corresponding cards for that hand, one by one, in a anti-clockwise direction, turning the next card face up which is the one that will be the trump suit, and which will remain visible next to the deck in the centre of the table. The player on the dealer’ left cuts the deck. A draw is made to decide which player will be the first to deal, the “hand” being the player on the dealer’ right.
