The player with the Dealer Token is the "Dealer" for the round and is in charge of shuffling and dealing. ALL Poker Cards from the previous round, including the one at the Rival space, should be collected and shuffled into the deck.

Then the Dealer:

1. Starting to the right of the Town Hall Mat, and going clockwise, deals six face-up Poker Cards, one to each space in between the Mats.

2. Deals one face-down Poker Card to the Rival space on the Town Hall Mat. This is considered the "Rival's Card."

3. Deals two face-down Poker Cards to each player. Each player should look at their cards and keep only one. Unused cards are put facedown in to a discard pile next to the draw pile.