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I immediately generalized to n players because I didn't want to mess with player1, player2 variables. Dict-as-a-object's a big help. Some code is harder without the higher-level concepts being introduced fast.

Python's lack of a break for nested while/for constructions means you *must* add functions or the "simpler" code with no functions is hard to reason about & will just have bugs (break doesn't do what you think) or complexity (ad hoc flags)

Also, all these for loops, should be converted to list comprehension patterns. And the dict should be upgrade to a real class. Each of these makes the code "simpler" at the cost of needing another concept you might not have learned about as an 8 y/o coder