You always draw to replenish up to 8 cards after every turn.
A turn consists of five steps:
1. You may place a bet (or reveal a secret bet). If you *place* a secret bet, skip step 2.
2. You must play one card. If you played a non-spectator card to a combatant for which you are the backer and you did not play that card on *top* of a Spectator card, you may activate that combatant's ability.
3. You may discard up to 3 cards of combatants that are no longer in play.
4.
If you have fewer than 8 cards, draw as many cards as would bring your hand to 8 cards.
5. Check for round-end condition (all combatants have cards in the current round and one uniquely has the lowest).
So in most turns in the first round (IE, if no combatant ability affects the number of cards in your hand, be it by allowing you to draw extra cards, discard extra cards, play multiple cards, reclaim a card from in play, or steal a card from an opponent), you will play one card and draw one card.
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