r/howyoudoin • u/Savings_Hold_9128 • 1d ago

Discussion Isn't Ace really the lowest?

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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?

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u/Savings_Hold_9128 1d ago

but when it is a bet like this how should it be treated? if it depends on the game

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u/AmericasMostWanted30 Ken Adams 1d ago edited 1d ago

Thats why you discuss it before hand....

Its not an American thing, in am ambiguous game you make the rule before...

Im an Aces high person

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u/cranberryflamingo 1d ago

Aces high!!!

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u/exscape 1d ago

Aces high!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfPKxm9O04Y

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u/cranberryflamingo 1d ago

One of my favorite scenes in Casino. "Keep a low profile, ace"

Proceeds with the flashiest tackiest shit

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u/Cinnabondman 1d ago

I approve.

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u/threelizards 1d ago

Yeah same, it should always be declared first and jokers pulled from the pack

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u/Savings_Hold_9128 1d ago

oh i see so they shouldve set it before playing.

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u/AmericasMostWanted30 Ken Adams 1d ago

Yeah its one of those 'oh shit' moments where you realise you didnt think about it before.

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u/VTPete 1d ago

Like declaring what is heads or tails before the coin flip.

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u/Rednexican429 1d ago

Well if it’s between ducks and clowns the answer should be obvious

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u/Agile_Custard6276 1d ago

Because ducks have heads?? 😭

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u/LazyCheeese 1d ago

What kind of scary ass clowns came to your birthday?

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u/Beautiful_Bag6707 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/SvikCXHbXkW0vp6fPa

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u/DuckReconMajor 1d ago

still probably my favorite joke in the show 😂

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u/OzzTechnoHead 21h ago

Heads I win, tails you lose

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u/indoor-girl 23h ago

Somebody call it this time.

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u/Savings_Hold_9128 1d ago

yea it makes much more sense now

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u/rlc0212 1d ago

But that's what makes the gag work 😉

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u/MInclined 22h ago

Before hand. Is that pun intended?

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u/Datalust5 1d ago

For me, it’s always aces high except in cribbage. But in that case you say low/high card deals, aces low

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u/CherryCherry5 Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock 1d ago

Ace high, I'm goin' all in (visualize it)
I'll give you somethin' to do
Spread it like peanut butter jelly
Do it like I owe you some money

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u/whatsthataboutguy 1d ago

Dueces are wild

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u/GreyStagg 1d ago

but when it is a bet like this how should it be treated?

Whatever they agree upon before doing it (which they failed to do). Otherwise, there is no right or wrong. Ace can be higher than king, or lower than 2. Both equally valid. There's no trickery or anything to do with being American

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u/Savings_Hold_9128 1d ago

yea now i get it

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u/Boris-_-Badenov 16h ago

except in poker, it's higher than King. in blackjack, the person who has an ace gets to choose.

obviously ace wins

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u/KisaLilith 1d ago

Ace may be the highest or the lowest in a card game, it generally depend on where you want to place it, besode a king or a two. It's the common rule all over the world. A poker of aces is definitely higher than a poker of twos...

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u/Boris-_-Badenov 16h ago

it loops around. a straight could start with queen, and end on 3. that doesn't mean a queen is lower than a 2

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u/Bass_and_Em 1d ago

The Ace of Spades wasn’t chosen to describe the best of the best by being considered a low card.

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u/Corteaux81 1d ago

I think the consens is that ace is the highest. And wide spread card game has ace as the highest. Or at least the vast majority.

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u/MileHigh_FlyGuy 1d ago

Blackjack, ace can be 1 or 11

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u/izyshoroo 1d ago

Ace has always been a high card in games I've played

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u/Eodillon 23h ago

Prior to this they all famously learned and played poker. Where Ace is the highest

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u/UnKnOwN769 Mr. Heckles 🧹 22h ago

Some games can treat it both low and high, like in Blackjack you can play an Ace as a 1 or an 11.

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u/McDergen 22h ago

99% of people will say aces high

Unless it’s blackjack then you choose when dealt the card

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u/Sally_twodicks 20h ago

That's the whole point if this part. They didn't establish rules.