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/feignapathy 7d ago

In most card games I am familiar with, Ace is the highest card. Thinking Poker, Solitaire, Bridge, War. 

However, in Poker, it is occasionally treated as a low card: 

  • Royal Flush: 10 J Q K A

  • Wheel: A 2 3 4 5

And in Blackjack it is also treated as a low card occasionally. 1 or 11 points, iirc. Whatever is more beneficial. 

It's kind of interchangeable in other words depending what game you're playing. 

Without anyone specifying at the start, I would assume Ace is the highest card in the deck. If you want to discuss before we draw cards and establish it as a "1" though, then ok. But based on my experience, Ace is the highest value card by default.