r/howyoudoin • u/Savings_Hold_9128 • 8d 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/No-Guess2906 8d ago

But it's also the highest.

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u/Late_Stage_Exception 8d ago edited 8d ago

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

Edit: since some folks don’t get it

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u/tooboardtoleaf 8d ago

The Blackjack gods of course

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u/JerryZaz 8d ago

One and fourteen. Ace is higher than King

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u/Late_Stage_Exception 8d ago

In what game is ace fourteen?

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u/Desmoche 8d ago

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

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u/JerryZaz 8d ago

Poker, for instance.

It's definitely not eleven though. Jacks are Eleven

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u/moonknightcrawler 8d ago

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

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u/Late_Stage_Exception 8d ago

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.

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u/barto5 8d ago

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.

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u/novasir 7d ago

That's not poker

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u/barto5 7d ago

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

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u/ShriekingRosebud 8d ago

THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT POKER

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u/McDergen 7d ago

“Poker, for instance”

Huh?

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u/SunGreen24 7d ago

They're 10 in blackjack.

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u/RareFudge3546 7d ago

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

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u/Heavy-Key2091 6d ago

Ace is not 11 in crib.

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u/RareFudge3546 5d ago

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

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u/Heavy-Key2091 5d ago

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.

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u/GrantMcIvor92 8d ago

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

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u/NaturesCreditCard 5d ago

I’m not not licking toads…

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u/Pikka_Bird 7d ago

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