Sentence examples for face card from inspiring English sources

If any district needs its own representative, not a political face card, it is this one.

The face card formerly known as the knave owes its modern name of jack to this game.

4. Each card must be higher than the last mainline card until a face card is reached, which must then be followed by a numeral card.

Wright Waters, the commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference, which includes New Orleans among its members, said: "They're like a guy sitting at the blackjack table all night who hasn't seen a face card yet.

Thus, if the two cards in a hand are 8 and 5, the count is not 13 but 3. A competing hand with a face card (zero) and a 6 wins because it is closer to a count of nine.

The player who went out collects payment from each opponent equal to the total face value of cards remaining in that opponent's hand, counting 50 points for each 8, 10 for each face card, and other cards at their index value.

Aces are worth one and face cards are worth five.

Twelve are the face cards in a deck.

Face cards count 10 points each, aces 1 point each, and other cards their index value.

(The other 56 are, in essence, a deck of playing cards, with four face cards instead of three).

Card counting recognizes that in blackjack, face cards and 10's are more valuable to the player, while lower cards are better for the dealer.