This is more than double Blackwater's normal poker table at the Blackwater Saloon. The High Stakes Poker game is the most expensive gambling activity, requiring $250 to sit in. The nature of community-card poker games greatly increases the chance of two or more players each having strong hands, thus increasing the level of action (betting). Players may use any combination of the two cards they hold and the five community cards to form the best five-card hand. Winning hands (in order from worst to best) are as follows: High card, 1 pair, 2 pairs, 3 of a kind, straight (five cards in sequence such as 9-10-Jack-Queen-King), flush (5 of one suit), full house (three of a kind plus a pair), four of a kind, straight flush (5 sequential cards of the same suit), royal flush (as with straight flush but 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace). You should have at least a passing understanding of the rules as the game does not tell you all of the information on a winning hand, only the primary information. The poker rules used in-game are those from no-limit Texas Hold 'Em.
Saloons prominently feature poker tables. Poker is often used as a money-making method, but the process is a risk as you can either lose or earn considerable sums of cash. The player can participate in games of poker throughout the game world.
