Sometimes when the group is larger, more than one player may begin with more cards to make game progress more swiftly.
Cards continue to be passed around the group, with this cycle of events repeating until one player collects four of a kind.
Sometimes, players who have put their cards down will continue to pass cards around (not actually playing the game), so as to give the image of playing, until the point where other players eventually realize they are out.
The loser of the game is the last player to put their hand face down on the playing table.
As a forfeit they have to wear a nightcap (German: Schlafmütze, hence the name) for the duration of the next game.
Sometimes a variation of Schlafmütze is played which involves dealing out a series of 'punishments' to the losing player.
For example, if the loser chose the Seven of Hearts, the deck is dealt from the bottom, one by one, until coming to that card.