Point Value and Ordering of Cards

Aces rank low in Gin Rummy, and the normal ordering of 10-jack-queen-king is followed (you can have a run of a jack, queen, and king of diamonds, for example, but not queen, king, ace).  The proper ordering, from least to greatest, is shown below:

Full hand of hearts

Card ordering, from least to greatest, in Gin Rummy

 

Points are discussed in more detail in the Scoring section of this tutorial, but in general, cards are worth their face value, with all face cards worth 10 points each:

Ace = 1 point

2-10 - point value is face value

Face cards = 10 points each


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