Card Values

You can safely ignore the suits of the cards as they have no value in the game.

Cards 2 - 10 have a value the same as their face value.

All of the face cards (J,K,Q) have a value of ten.

Aces can have a value of either one or eleven.

A Jack and a four would equal 14.

An ace and a six would total either 7 or 17.

Hands with no ace are referred to as a Hard Hands because there is only one possible value.

Hands with one or more aces are called Soft Hands because there is more than one possible value.

If you draw a card to a soft hand and counting the ace as eleven puts you over 21 then the hand becomes a hard hand.