Vaska, found in or near her house in the Brickmakers' village.

Carmen, in or just outside of the Eager Thighs brothel.

An Elven convict in the dungeon, for the first scene of Chapter II only.

Haren Brogg, found at his house in the Outskirts' fishing village.

Mikul, found guarding either the Merchants' Gate or the Miller's Gate.

Odo, found at his house south of the Outskirts Inn.

Zoltan Chivay, at the Outskirts Inn (after Racists).

This was tested on the Enhanced edition of 'The Witcher'.) Naturally, this does not guarantee a win, as mentioned above, the game is still about chance, this little trick does however seem to improve your chances of monetary gain. Furthermore, the chance of getting an initial combination of matching dice seems to improve drastically when opting for the smaller initial bet. The remaining ten (where the initial bet was the smallest one), resulted in nine wins and only one loss. (This is as close to being confirmed as is possible without empirical evidence, having played twenty games of poker dice, ten where the initial bet was the largest possible one, and ten where it was the lowest, the statistics speak for themselves: Of the ten first games, eight were lost and only two won. This is unconfirmed mathematically, but has been anecdotally observed many times. A low first bet dramatically improving the chances that you will beat your opponent.

The initial bet seems to determine the overall 'luck' of the game.

Since you are in this to win, it usually is a waste of time to not bet the maximum amount of orens at any stage of the dice poker game.

Now even if Geralt was able to roll another four he would only get a draw. Geralt has a pair of fours and the opponent has three fours. So if the NPC has a higher hand after your throw, he will only throw the dice he doesn't need.

The fact that Geralt always rolls first would appear to put him at an automatic disadvantage because only the NPC has the luxury of knowing what he has to beat on the second roll.

At higher levels this can be particularly frustrating, with Geralt's opponent easily cranking out great hands with each throw when he himself has trouble getting three-of-a-kind. What this means is that as Geralt moves on to progressively more advanced players, the system that calculates the dice values is modified to favour the NPC, with the NPC having a greater probability of getting a better hand than the player.

This may be a 'game of chance' in theory, but in reality some players are inherently 'luckier' than others, including yourself.The use of the quicksave key ( F5) before starting the match allows you to accumulate winnings by always betting the maximum and hitting the quickload key ( F9) if you lose a match.One popular strategy to win these matches is to always discard the second pair when two pair are rolled because it is relatively common to get three of a kind or four of a kind. In the Enhanced Edition, three or four of a kind rolls are still much more common than in real life.But hey, it is a game of chance, nothing is assured. only roll the dice that are not part of a pair or three-of-a-kind for your second roll and always roll those dice. Playing conservatively no longer works quite as reliably as in the original game, but it is still an adequate strategy, i.e.Previously, they would often make absurd mistakes, especially the novices. AI players in the game have been vastly improved in the Enhanced Edition of the game.There should be loads of enthusiasts in the area.' 'In his diary, the dice collector claims that dice poker became popular in the village of Murky Waters during the war with Nilfgaard.

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