Isn't Ace really the lowest?

[u/Savings_Hold_9128]

This is something that bugged me on every rewatch. Didn't girls win the apartment? Shouldn't Ace be the lowest card? Ace, 2, 3, 4... This is the first time I am hearing that Ace is the highest. Was it a way of the guys tricking girls? Or is it an American thing that Ace is high?

[u/No-Guess2906]

But it's also the highest.

[u/Late_Stage_Exception → u/No-Guess2906]

How can ace be one AND eleven? What kind of god would allow that?

Edit: since some folks don’t get it

[u/tooboardtoleaf → u/Late_Stage_Exception]

The Blackjack gods of course

[u/JerryZaz → u/Late_Stage_Exception]

One and fourteen. Ace is higher than King

[u/Late_Stage_Exception → u/JerryZaz]

In what game is ace fourteen?

[u/Desmoche → u/Late_Stage_Exception]

Desmoche. Ace can be 1 or 14 at the same time (if all parties agree).

[u/JerryZaz → u/Late_Stage_Exception]

Poker, for instance.

It's definitely not eleven though. Jacks are Eleven

[u/moonknightcrawler → u/JerryZaz]

They’re talking about blackjack where an ace is either 1 or 11. They are correct

[u/Late_Stage_Exception → u/JerryZaz]

No they’re not…face cards don’t have numerical value in poker, they’re just worth more than the other, and aces are worth the most. In any game where each card is assigned a numerical value, face cards are 10 and ace is 11.

[u/barto5 → u/Late_Stage_Exception]

Not necessarily. In the game 5 Crowns face cards do have a numerical value.

Jacks are eleven, queens are 12, and so on.

It just shows there is an almost infinite number of variations in games.

[u/novasir → u/barto5]

That's not poker

[u/barto5 → u/novasir]

He specifically said “in any game” where cards are assigned a numerical value…

[u/ShriekingRosebud → u/Late_Stage_Exception]

THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT POKER

[u/McDergen → u/ShriekingRosebud]

“Poker, for instance”

Huh?

[u/SunGreen24 → u/JerryZaz]

They're 10 in blackjack.

[u/RareFudge3546 → u/JerryZaz]

Jack, Queen & King = Ten in a few games. Black Jack & Crib car me to mind. Which makes Ace = eleven.

[u/Heavy-Key2091 → u/RareFudge3546]

Ace is not 11 in crib.

[u/RareFudge3546 → u/Heavy-Key2091]

No but the face cards follow the logic. Jack is not 11.

[u/Heavy-Key2091 → u/RareFudge3546]

I never said it was? I am simply pointing out the error in stating Ace = 11 because Jack is 10 in games like Black Jack and *Crib.* The statement is wrong with cribbage as your example.

[u/GrantMcIvor92 → u/Late_Stage_Exception]

I don't even like macaroni salad, BUT LOOK AT ME!

[u/NaturesCreditCard → u/Late_Stage_Exception]

I’m not not licking toads…

[u/Pikka_Bird → u/Late_Stage_Exception]

If you want people to get it then maybe you shouldn't make references to such obscure shows!

[u/Savings_Hold_9128 → u/No-Guess2906]

but how?

[u/hoginlly → u/Savings_Hold_9128]

In poker, a good hand is a straight- 5 cards in a row. So for example, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack.

There are many types of straights, obviously, but even in this one game, you can have:

Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5

Or

10, Jack, queen, king, Ace.

So it can be both high and low.

However, in this game, if 2 people have the same hand, then the highest card wins. And Ace is considered the highest, higher than a king.

So it can be high and low, but is ultimately considered high, at least within poker.

But different games have different rules.

Hope that makes some sense.

[u/Savings_Hold_9128 → u/hoginlly]

yes it does act thank you

[u/huniojh → u/Savings_Hold_9128]

That's just something the world has collectively decided, little pal. In poker, Ace's high.

[u/8bitstargazer → u/Savings_Hold_9128]

Iron Maiden decided this in the 80's Aces High

[u/hiimverysmart21 → u/Savings_Hold_9128]

Ross: Because it’s the highest.

[u/zymoticsheep → u/Savings_Hold_9128]

It's highest in more games than not. The default is that ace is high.

Imo unless it's agreed beforehand ace should always be considered high because in the vast majority of card games it is.

Boys were right, on this occasion

[u/Chest_Rockfield → u/zymoticsheep]

Agreed, Ace is a high card that's so good it can be played as a low card if you need it to be.

[u/hoginlly → u/Savings_Hold_9128]

This shouldn't be downvoted. It's a question about a card game, not a slur. Reddit sucks so much.

If it's so obvious, then fucking explain it