Each player is dealt seven cards.; The remaining cards form the draw pile, placed face down.; The top card of the draw pile is turned over to start the discard pile.
Why people argue about this
People often assume that each player gets dealt exactly seven cards, but they forget about the initial setup where one card is skipped from being distributed among players, leaving a total of 21 cards in play (7 per player plus the draw pile and discard pile). This oversight leads to misunderstandings about how many cards are actually dealt.
