Tenel Ka put enough chips in to ensure that Jacen would get a good lot of money from her if, no, when, he won this round. It was a tactic she was happy to use given that she was focusing more on finding the boy. The Kaliff wasn't expecting telepaths but she believed he was just naturally strong willed. She'd get through, and if not there was the man beside her. They'd get the information on the boy and Jacen would probably save the kittens as well.
She watched the game for a little while, trying to gauge emotion, worries. The usual for a game with such stakes. The trick was picking out what lay underneath that.