Dealing the cards

Like most card games players take turns being the dealer, with that responsibility moving to the player on the current dealer’s left between each hand. When dealing, the first card goes to the player on the dealer’s left, and after the cards are dealt, the player on the dealers left is the first to take a turn.

Some kinds of Rummy games will stipulate in their official rules things like how the dealer is chosen, what order the players will sit around the table, etc. However I've found that in casual play things like that don't matter to most people, and they are seldom followed.