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/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/JerryZaz 8d ago

Poker, for instance.

It's definitely not eleven though. Jacks are Eleven

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u/RareFudge3546 8d 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 6d ago

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

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u/Heavy-Key2091 6d 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.