import random

suits = ['hearts', 'spades', 'clubs', 'diamonds']
cards = ['Ace', 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 'Jack', 'Queen', 'King']

def popDeck():
    _deck = []
    for s in range(4):
        # populate each suit with Ace to King, and with values
        # it creates a list of 52 dictionary entries
        for card in [{'card':card, 'val':min(val+1, 10), 'suit':suits[s]} for val, card in enumerate(cards)]:
          _deck.append(card)

    for card in _deck:
        if card['card'] is 'Ace':
            card['val'] = 11
    return _deck

def randCard():
    index = random.randint(0,len(deck)-1) # index of deck
    card = deck[index] # random card
    deck.pop(index) # remove card from deck
    return card # return it for use / play

def viewHand(i):
    print('Player', i + 1, 'has', sumTotal(i), 'points:')
    for card in player_hand[i]:
        print('\t', card['card'], 'of', card['suit'])

def sumTotal(i):
    # player_total = 0
    # for card in player_hand[i]:
    #     player_total += card['val']
    return sum([v['val'] for v in player_hand[i]])

deck = popDeck()

print('Welcome to BlackJack!')
num_players = int(input('How many players in this game?\n'))
game_running = True

# player_total = [x[:] for x in [[num_players]*4]][0]
player_hand = []
for i in range(num_players):
    player_hand.append([randCard(), randCard()])
    viewHand(i)

while game_running:
    for i in range(len(player_hand)):
        answer = input('Player %d do you want to hit or pass with %d points?' % (i + 1, sumTotal(i)))
        if answer is 'y' or answer is ' ':
            player_hand[i].append(randCard())
            print('Here\'s another card.')
        viewHand(i)
        if sumTotal(i) > 21:
            player_hand.pop(i)
            print('Player', i + 1, 'loses.')