Every time you buy a house your reputation meter will rise. The reputation meter is located in the bottom right corner of the screen. Once you buy all of the houses within a town you can move to the next town and try to conquer it in the same fashion. The exclamation marks scattered around the town represent poker tournaments. You can join a tournament in Governor of Poker 2 by clicking on one of the exclamation marks and then click yes when asked if you'd like to join. Make sure you take a look at how much the entering cost for each tournament is before starting. You may need to finish a smaller tournament before progressing to the larger ones. Prioritizing is a big part of conquering towns in Governor of Poker 2.

When the game begins, you'll see all of the basic info about the match, such as the prizes given to first, second and third place winners, and the number of opponents you'll be facing. If you need instructions on how to play, they can be found at the top of the game screen during a poker match.