Only the Indian dark young man seemed at odds with the place in which the high stakes game of poker was being played.
Little about art collecting as a competitive high stakes game may be new.
It takes away the passion in the high stakes game.
"It was a high stakes game," said a senior Western military official in the region.
In Phoenix, his jump from playing low limits to the biggest high stakes games happened quickly.
The difference of small stakes games have resulted in several books dedicated to only those games.
Throughout this part of central Louisiana, the players tell of high stakes games where people even lost houses.
It is still however a high stakes game.
It's the highest stakes game of poker you can play.
For example, a "low stakes" game might be a $10 buy-in with a $1 maximum raise.