If you've got any high cards, you'd better play them right away quick.
The two players who draw the highest cards form one team.
The last poker game we played, if the high card in my hand was a King, start walking north.
The next person may now play a card equal to or higher in value than the last played.
When both were laid face down on the table, they would be turned over, and the higher card won.
But in the first two days at my house, we both knew who held the high cards.
The highest card of a suit that is yet to be played.
The top three, to go first, also select themselves with high cards.
Often high card by suit is used for this purpose.
When a player only has the possibility of a high card and no other hand that will win.