She would never have been able to part with higher stakes.

And now he was trying to do the same thing, only this time with much higher stakes.

The main difference was that we were not playing for high stakes.

But I've had to get used to the fact that we're playing for much higher stakes than we've ever played before.

Whatever the game, it was being played for high stakes.

Why wouldn't I be able to, with the stakes so high?

We've been down this road before, with far higher stakes.

All I did was play a fair game for high stakes and win.

Oh, playing for such high stakes can be great sport.

We have the highest stakes possible because people can be killed.