High Roller Achievement in Red Dead Redemption

  • High Roller

     

    10

    Win over 2000 chips in a hand of Poker.

     
  • How to unlock High Roller

    There are two ways to earn this achievement. One will be from playing high stakes poker in Blackwater, the other will be to go all in while completing the mission "Lucky in Love". Your aim will be to win 2,000 chips in a single pot. Raising the pot against the AI is very time consuming; you will also need to know the game inside and out to be very successful.

    Blackwater:
    Before you can access Blackwater you need to complete Act 2 so you can access The North. High Stakes Poker will allow you to place bets than exceed any limit elsewhere in the game. Before you take part in these games you may want to buy the Elegant Suit from the Tailors shop in Thieves' Landing.

    If you're not so good with card games but want to learn you can follow this tutorial and teach yourself how to play.

    Mexico, Lucky In Love:
    If you're not so good with card games but want to earn this achievement with ease you can try and trick the AI in the mission "Lucky In Love". You will be given this mission by Landon Ricketts as you progress through the story. As you sit down to play the game you will start with 1,000 chips. Go all in with 1,000 chips, at this point some players may bet or fold. Once you win, repeat the same bet again. If you're successful you will win 2,000 chips and the story will continue.

    This method doesn't always work the first time. You may need to reload a previous checkpoint or save and try again. If all the players fold you won't win the full 2,000 required.

    You will find poker games in the following locations:

    • Armadillo
    • Blackwater
    • Casa Madrugada
    • Chuparosa
    • MacFarline's Ranch
    • Thieves' Landing

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Comments
  • I accidently got this yesterday by bidding 500 chips to make everyone fold...they called it and then folded when I bet 1000 and I won over 2700 chips lol
  • I got this when I was going through the story by going all in twice on the mission where you have to play poker.
  • Yeah it was in that mission for me too.
  • I got this in the mission for Rickets, but I also won 2500 in a game in mexico, you just have to wait for a table with 4 other players.
  • Yeah easiest way seems to be on the mission Lucky In Love. I had to replay it twice for it to work but that didn't take long at all, also got a gold medal on the same run.
  • samee shit fer me too it was in mexico
  • Got this one in Blackwater at the table outside of the saloon. Full table and they folded most of the time. The last time I got lucky since 2 of them went for All-In too. Had the best cards though and won over 2800 chips.
  • i thought it was easiest in blackwater where everyone has 1000 chips to start
  • I received this acheivement at the poker table in Blackwater; After saving my game upstairs I proceeded down to the table and went all-in on the first hand and got the achievement. If I hadn't gotten it then I was planning on reloading my save game and trying again. However, since I did, I proceeded to eliminate the remaining players to get Scrap #3 for the U.S. Army Outfit.
  • I got it on the story mission. Just go all in and more often than not, you will win.
  • The highest stakes hold em' table in the game is in Blackwater for a $100.00 buy-in. I just played when there were four people at the table and in a few hands I won over $2,700 in one hand pretty easy.
  • Yea, Blackwater is the way to go. You can do it story mission in Lucky in love, but you earn it on Blackwater. Do laps around the block until you have at least 3 other players.
  • Got this on Lucky in Love but would agree it's definitely more rewarding to earn it in Blackwater. Thanks for the guide.
  • I accidently got this too lol I just went all in and everyone folded
  • i dont know how to play poker :(
  • just go all in at the high stakes game and you may get lucky :)
  • I did the same thing that Ihopper17 did. Plus the payout of the game was better.
  • Someone help me i am lost send me a message
  • Elegant Suit + $6,000 + Blackwater = High Roller Achievement I just went all in a few times and boom.. i got the achievement
  • I did the mission again to get it XD
  • easy
  • first u want to get at least 1,0000 dollars, then go to blackwater and join the game , then put all in and hope u get lucky
  • The cheat suit helps a load, I found it easier to get them gambling if I kept bad cards in hand and swapped for a winner at the end :)
  • everyone in lucky in love keeps folding on me when i check it?!
  • now im getting jipped in blackwater - wearing the suit and i have straights and they are winning with flushes wtf i cant win any hands?!
  • @ #24 the same happens to me i think they patched it so you cant fin that way anymore
  • I don't even know where you would play poker.
  • I've noticed a bunch of people having a hard time when they're in debt in the game. You can find out by hitting start, go to 'stats' then to 'money' look at the totals. So this trick works for both the achivement and the outfit challenge. If anything do this: have the "gentlemen's suit" to get into the high stakes poker in the HOTEL not the saloon in Blackwater. Save at the saloon then go over to the hotel, wait for a good hand and go all in, if you lose hit start and load your previous save. rinse and repeat....should also help you achieve the scrap for the savy merchant to get over $1000 in gambling money.
  • I got lucky and got this in Lucky in Love. Went all in on the 2nd hand and was called!
  • @26 I also suspect a change in a patch. I have tried going all in 12 times now in Lucky in Love. Every single player has folded every single time.
  • I got this achievement while randomly playing poker online and i forgot to look at my cards and i bet all in and got over 2500 chips.
  • You can now get this online if you have the liars and cheats pack. me and my friend accidentaly got it while playing poker online in the very last place...:D
  • poker. it was easy
  • I attempted this several times with the cheating feature, I failed all times. I then thought to myself... i'll have one more go. So I found a table of 4 and the first hand won me 2707 chips, result!
  • Forgot to mention that I didn't cheat on the last attempt to grab the achievement.
  • I was playing poker for fun and i didn't think it had a achievement.
  • Very easy one.
  • basically this can be hit or miss, try to drag someone all in in blackwater and hope that you have the better cards
  • I just keep going all in, no luck yet lol
  • bleh i suck at poker this is gonna take ages (poker aint something that gets played a lot in belgium)
  • just go to Blackwater it is the easiest place to do it.
  • Thanks
  • I feel like you just need to get lucky for this one
  • if you love poker, and i do, then this should be fun rather than a grind :)
  • not a big poker player, but this one was pretty easy. No need to bother cheating.
  • That Achievement Is So Easy!
  • This may be a stupid question, but I was bought Undead Nightmare but haven't yet played the first one. Are the achievements shared between the 2 games so you can only complete certain ones on the first? Cuz I haven't seen a single poker table with people sitting on it and I've completed the game!
  • Yah, Poker is only in the original version, there isn't any that I've found in undead nightmare
  • Easy. Just go to Blackwater. Raise $100 to play and then go "All In".
  • I got this by accident, in multiplayer. On the final turn, i went all in with a pair of aces and a pair of kings. I won, but only just, seeing as someone got a pair of 2's and a pair of 10's
  • Definately do this one during the quest Lucky in love. Idk how to play poker but I had 2 6's, and I figured that was good, so I went all in and won 2600 chips. :P
  • but idk how to play poker...
  • yea youy can win this in multiplayer
  • I got it and I still don't know how to play Poker haha
  • I got this the other day playing in Mexico before my XBox overheated on me. Son of a b---!
  • Helpful tip: Regardless of what hand you've got, go all in on the first 2 cards you get, there's more chance of them calling but less chance of you winning. Got it in afew try's.
  • Got this by accident in Blackwater whilst searching for the us army scrap :)
  • damn patch i canĀ“t get it in lucky in love!!!!!:(
  • Kej for those people who think this is patched: it's not. I got it in lucky in love today. I tried it about 20 times and everybody keeps folding, then I went to this page and read something about a patch, I thought "kej I'll give it one more go" And went all in for the 21 time, two people went all in too and the achievement popped up after having the best cards and winning the whole pot. If you want to do it in lucky in love than just keep trying ;)
  • finally got this after trying for a couple hours and won against all the people tht think there big shots...8p
  • One of the easiest achievements ever!
  • Got it haha. Just do as they say, keep going all in & they'll fold eventually. Got it my first try
  • sucks!
  • Blackwater. 4 players. All in. Took 3 hands
  • got it. Thanks
  • This one is really hard!!
  • This seems a little hard to get
  • One of the easiest achievements I've gotten.
  • I can never get a good hand in that mission lol, it's impossible!
  • can you get this in single player?
  • thx for the help
  • hoping that people maybe still check this out but im looking for help on a few of these my gamer tag is my username thanks
  • As it says on the Rockstar site, an easy way to get this is to play in Blackwater, the buy in is 100 (1000 chips). Then if you cheat when the pot gets high it's piece of cake.
  • Got this today. Just play at the table in blackwater and keep going all in. You'll win after 2-3 hands and most of the AI go all in anyway even if they have terrible hands.
  • I'm willing to help anybody with any achievement/challenges for the price of 20 headshots per achievement/5 per challenge. My gt: IKV91.
  • Blackwater is definately the place to play - also wear the fine suit so you can do a wee bit of cheating by switching cards!
  • I played in the High Stakes table and got it pretty easy with a bit of bluffing!
  • someone wanna trade the dlc's? i help in achievements?
  • flash backs to farcry3
  • In lucky in love you can just go all in twice, if it doesn't work load back the main game and try again. Had it after 2 attempts
  • just to confirm, the lucky in love trick DOES work. I thought it was patched as everyone folded on the second turn. But kept at it and got the achievement after about 15 attempts.

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