diff --git a/gameloop.py b/gameloop.py
index d453a8d..92ce736 100644
--- a/gameloop.py
+++ b/gameloop.py
@@ -574,18 +574,18 @@ def game(send, notice, voice, devoice, get_event):
 			# Select call card for the next round
 			round_call_card = deal_call()
 
+		# See note above num_blanks in top_of_round()
+		num_blanks = len(round_call_card.text) - 1
+
 		# Find out how many response cards we need
+		hand_size = 9 + num_blanks
 		need_responses = 0
 		for player in players.values():
 			# Don't deal cards to the czar this round
 			if player is czar: continue
 
-			if len(player.hand) < 10:
-				need_responses += 10 - len(player.hand)
-			need_responses += player.hand.count(None)
+			need_responses += max(hand_size - len(player.hand) + player.hand.count(None), 0)
 
-		# See note above num_blanks in top_of_round()
-		num_blanks = len(round_call_card.text) - 1
 		for bot in bots.values():
 			need_responses += bot.num_need_cards(num_blanks)
 
@@ -603,10 +603,29 @@ def game(send, notice, voice, devoice, get_event):
 			# We skipped the czar in the counts, so skip here too
 			if player is czar: continue
 
-			while len(player.hand) < 10:
+			# Move the cards outside of the current hand size into
+			# the hand
+			overflow = player.hand[hand_size:]
+			player.hand = player.hand[:hand_size]
+			for index in range(len(player.hand)):
+				if len(overflow) == 0:
+					break
+
+				if player.hand[index] is None:
+					# .pop(0) instead of .pop() since we
+					# want to keep the same order
+					player.hand[index] = overflow.pop(0)
+
+			# Do we still have some overflow cards we couldn't fit
+			# into the hand? If so, just stick them at the end and
+			# we'll just have an oversized hand this round
+			player.hand.extend(overflow)
+
+			# Fill any remaining empty spots with dealt cards
+			while len(player.hand) < hand_size:
 				player.hand.append(responses.pop())
 
-			for index in range(10):
+			for index in range(hand_size):
 				if player.hand[index] is None:
 					player.hand[index] = responses.pop()