Gambling was gambling, no matter which galaxy one was in. The details may have been different but the fundamental basics were the same. Details like bluffing, and reading your opponent.
Which really was made easier if one was a Jedi. It wasn't cheating, it was taking full advantage of one's natural abilities. Really.
Still, Jacen had to fight to suppress a smirk. He was planning on saving the boy and winning all the kittens. And keeping one. Maybe two.
The game was called Texas Hold'Em, and he had seen Faith play it for fun before and he understood the rules, even as he put on an indulgent smile for his wife. "Let's just not lose any more limbs, okay, darling?"
A nod to the dealer had them get their cards. He glanced at his, the Jack and King of spades. Not bad, high cards, of the same suit. A quick sense of the table told him that the Kailiff in charge was holding a hand he considered to be weak but not unplayable, while the others seemed slightly more confident but not assured of victory just yet. Jacen held up the poker chip needed to keep him in the hand, the value of the blind.