Gay Gordons is a matching solitaire card game using a deck of 52 playing cards. Player is dealt 50 cards face-up to ten piles each containing 5 cards. The two leftover cards are dealt faceup to a reserve. Top card in the reserve and top card of each pile are available for play. Play involves removing pairs of cards which add to 11. King is paired with Queen and Jack with another Jack. Once a pair has been removed, top card from the pile is enabled and becomes available for play.
The game is won once all cards are discarded.