The naïve farmer Meredith, on the road with his wife and child, comes to the city of Laredo by chance on his way to California. Here, the five richest men in the region are playing the most explosive poker game of the year. Meredith can't resist and uses the money that was originally intended to buy a farm in the game. When this reaches its peak, he suffers a heart attack. His wife Mary is forced to take the place. The problem: She doesn't know the slightest thing about poker... Together with the banker Ballinger, she tries to save what can actually no longer be saved.