Poker
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[edit] Poker
Nothing like a game of cards to separate the pirates from the land lubbers! There are currently two types of poker being played, Tortuga Hold'em (Texas Hold'em) and 7 stud.
For a full set of the rules to poker check out [Wikipedia]
[edit] Tells
People are creatures of habit, especially when they are nervous! If someone has a quirk they unconsciously do whenever something happens, this is called a "tell". For example, maybe someone rubs their nose whenever they are bluffing. If you can pick up on your opponents tells, obviously you have a huge advantage over them. Of course, try not to do anything that gives away your own hand! Pirates have their own tells when they play. If you see someone cheer at the River, you might want to fold if you were bluffing!
[edit] Cheatin'
Unlike (we hope!) your local games you play with your friends, you can cheat at cards! If you get a card up your sleeve, you can swap it into your hand! Arrrrrr, now this be fun!!
You can cheat only if all the other players are NPCs. If there is even one live pirate at the table with you, your attempt to swap a card into your hand will fail. Not only that, you will be "caught cheating" and kicked out of the game for a while. Even worse, you will lose that cheat card from your stash, so you will not be able to use it in a future game.
Sometimes even if all the other players are NPCs, you will attempt to swap in a card but get the message that your card swap attempt failed. When this happens, you will also sadly lose that cheat card from your stash, so you will not be able to use it in a future game, even though your were unable to use it in this game through no fault of your own.
[edit] Obtaining cheat cards
There is a man Black Mack in the Rowdy Rooster tavern in Port Royal who will give you quest to win 150 gold. Luckily, you don't have to play until you're up 150 gold, just win 150 gold, and hopefully not lose much in the process! Return to him and he'll give you another quest to kill a skeleton. Run back over behind the town, kill any low-level skeleton you see, and return to him once more. He'll give you a random card. You can repeat the quest and keep collecting as many cards as you like! Yes, you could potentially have all 52 cards up your sleeve at once!
Shane McGreevy in Port Royal's Royal Anchor bar gives out three different quests, each of whose payoff is a cheat card.
Sometimes when you kill a skeleton, you will get "plunder" of one playing card.
[edit] What's up your sleeve?
Now when you're playing your next hand, you'll see two options Swap first, and Swap second. Go ahead and pick one of these. You'll then see four buttons, Hearts Diamonds Clubs Spades If you have any cards of each type, the button will be enabled and you can select it. Choose a button. Now you'll see a button for each card. Again, anything you have up your sleeve will be enabled. Make a note of what card(s) you have up your sleeve. You can cancel the swap and go back to playing fair if you like.
[edit] Swapping cards
I would wait until you have a hand with a lot of gold riding on it before actually swapping in a card. You can either be sneaky enough and successfully cheat or you can fail. Either way the card up your sleeve will be gone, and you won't be able to use it again. The mechanics for whether your succeed or not are not fully known. However, if say you try to cheat with the Seven of Hearts, and there is already a Seven of Hearts in play, you will definitely fail! You can swap a card out at any point during the hand.
[edit] Failing to swap
There doesn't seem to be any repercussions for cheating and failing when playing with NPCs. When playing with players, you will be thrown into jail if you are caught cheating.
[edit] Poker and Quests
When playing poker quests, you are required to win a certain amount of money playing poker. Fortunately and unrealistically, any money you lose playing poker does not count against you. As long as you win poker pots totaling the required amount, you will succeed in your quest.
