Poker is an essential part of Far Cry 3. There are references of it scattered everywhere, from the items you 7️⃣ pick up, to the side quests you complete, to the multiple poker games sprinkled throughout the world, to even being 7️⃣ incorporated into the main story line. In order to unlock the Poker mini-game, you’ll have to liberate the Valsa Docks 7️⃣ Outpost. There are five poker locations total, three on the north island and two on the south island. The names 7️⃣ of the closest towns to those poker mini-games are the Valsa Docks, Northview Gas, Badtown, Thurston Town and Bridge Control.
There 7️⃣ are four skill levels that the player can choose from. Practice is the easiest and you won’t wager any money, 7️⃣ however this means you won’t win any money either. The next level is Novice and you’ll start off with aR$100 7️⃣ total to wager with. The next level is Skilled and you’ll getR$150 to wager and last is the Expert level 7️⃣ with an allowance ofR$250. The higher the level the more difficult the poker game will be.
The game itself is basically 7️⃣ a no-limit Texas Hold’Em game that would be similar to aR$2/$4 game at Binion’s in Downtown Las Vegas. If you’re 7️⃣ looking for a replacement for online poker, this isn’t it. Far Cry 3 poker games are much slower, use different 7️⃣ procedures, they have poor A.I. for the other players and the game only gives out fake money.
As soon as you 7️⃣ sit down on the table, the game will start. The object of the game is to make the highest five 7️⃣ card poker ranking than all of the other players. This game uses traditional poker hand rankings, where the best hand 7️⃣ a player can get is a Royal Flush while the worst hand they can get is High Card. You’ll do 7️⃣ this by using the 5 community cards that are on the board plus the two cards that were dealt to 7️⃣ you at the beginning of the game.
The game progresses through four different stages. The first stage is when you’re dealt 7️⃣ your initial two cards. In a normal poker game, two players will post a Big Blind and a Small Blind, 7️⃣ but the game is nice and does that for you so you don’t have to think about it. The game 7️⃣ will then ask you if you want to Fold, Check, Call, Raise or go All In. If you Fold, then 7️⃣ this means that you give up. You’ll toss your cards in, automatically lose any money you might have had in 7️⃣ the game and then you won’t play again until the next game. If you Check, this means that you want 7️⃣ the game to continue without adding any additional money to the pot. If you Call, then this means you’ll match 7️⃣ the dollar amount that the last player bet and continue with the game. If you Raise, then this means that 7️⃣ you add more money to your bet, making all the other players match that same amount before the game can 7️⃣ continue. If you go All In, then this means you Raise to the point of betting everything you have on 7️⃣ the table… Everything…