The Outlaws
The Sharpshooter
Once the undisputed champion of frontier marksmanship contests, Deadeye McCall never misses a pattern or an opening. His steady hand and razor-sharp focus let him rearrange the playing field in an instant—turning chaos into opportunity.
William "Dead-Eye" McCall
The Gambler
Silas Thorne made his fortune on the click of a poker chip, always knowing when to push his luck and when to draw a fresh hand. His uncanny feel for odds gives him the confidence to reach for more, even when the deck seems stacked against him.
Silas Thorne
The Bandit
Legend has it Red Jack once slipped into a vault under cover of a card trick, walking off richer and still grinning. She moves in the shadows, seizing what she wants with swift cunning—and leaves her rivals wondering where it all went wrong.
Rosalin "Red Jack" Vega
The Sheriff
Sheriff Harper’s iron-clad badge and unflinching stare once single-handedly broke the back of the region’s fiercest gangs. He doesn’t just enforce the law—he rewrites the rules for anyone bold enough to stand in his way. That's even landed him in the slammer himself a time or two.
Ezekiel "Zeke" Harper
The Prospector
A decade of panning rivers taught Mr. McReed how to size up a haul at a glance. Patient, methodical, and never fooled by fool’s gold, he always knows where to dig—or which prospect to keep for himself.
Sullivan "Sully" McReed
The Tracker
Raised beneath endless skies, Blackfeather learned to read every subtle sign—on rock, on trail, or on a face-down card. His quiet patience and keen senses mean nothing truly stays hidden for long.
Tawon Blackfeather
The Renegade
Mae Calhoun rides her own course, lightning-fast in both instinct and action. Rules are mere suggestions to her, and her every unpredictable move keeps even her closest allies guessing what comes next.
Mae Calhoun
The Bartender
Behind her polished bar, Evie Quinn has heard every secret and seen every tell. With a friendly smile and a listening ear, she knows exactly when to serve up a fresh deal—and when to swap stories (and cards) to her advantage.
Evelyn "Evie" Quinn
The Legend of Outlaw Poker
A Game Born in Dust, Deceit, and Desperation
Back in the early days of the American frontier—when towns rose and fell like the sun and lawmen were just as crooked as the outlaws they hunted—playing cards were a rare luxury. Printed decks were hard to find West of the Mississippi, so you just made do with what you had.
So the story goes, a group of drifters, gamblers, and gunmen were holed up in an abandoned stagecoach depot during a dust storm, looking for a way to pass the time without shooting each other.
Among them was a half-blind prospector named Sully McReed who once sketched wanted posters in Kansas City. With nothing to lose and too much time to kill, they started drawing cards by hand. They drew the suits, numbers, even a few wild ideas. But the best invention wasn’t the cards themselves—it was the way they played.
See, every player at that table was a cheat. Nobody trusted the hands folks claimed to have. So they came up with a rule that couldn’t be bluffed: the outlaw with the lowest score wins.
That way, bragging rights didn't go to the loudest player with the flashiest hand, but to the quietest schemer, the sneakiest trader, the one who could slip under the radar with clever plays and quiet swaps.
They didn’t play for gold. They played for survival. The loser had to stand watch at night. And out there, surrounded by coyotes, snakes, and worse, losing could get you killed.
Over the years that game spread like campfire tales. Each hand-touched deck was unique, and so were the rules in each town. But one thing stayed the same: if you wanted to win, you had to be sly, smooth, and just lucky enough to stay unnoticed.
In the end, Outlaw Poker became less of a card game and more of a test of character. Because in the Wild West, it wasn’t the man with the highest hand who rode off into the sunset—it was the one who played his cards quiet, close, and low.