It wasn’t long before they realized that easy money could be made from playing (or perhaps cheating at) poker. Legends were created involving the potent mixture of saloons, poker and guns. Brave gamblers in the old west towns of Dodge City and Deadwood could be found taking their chances with their backs to the walls and their guns at the ready.
Ito ay hindi katagal bago sila natanto na madaling pera ay maaaring ginawa mula sa paglalaro (o marahil sa cheating) poker. Legends ay nilikha na kinasasangkutan ng mga makapangyarihan timpla ng saloons, poker at baril. Matapang gamblers sa lumang bayan kanluran ng Dodge City tuyong kahoy at matagpuan ang kanilang pagkuha ng pagkakataon sa kanilang backs sa pader at ang kanilang mga baril sa handa na.