Complex sentence: Entering the local saloon, Huck tries to buy a drink with a large gold nugget; seeing this, the Daltons coerce Huck into playing poker, with the stakes being Huck's gold in return for his stolen possessions.
Split into simpler sentences: Entering the local saloon, Huck tries to buy a drink with a large gold nugget. Seeing this, the Daltons coerce Huck into playing poker, with the stakes being Huck's gold in return for his stolen possessions.