Higher stakes were really bad due to how some were balanced. The extra ante scaling was too high and the +1 price after every booster just made it an rng fest. 90% of my runs were resets or dead ends within like the 2nd or 3rd antes. If you got no good jokers first or 2nd round you were just better off resetting. Not to mention the +1 to price was the second to last one meaning you had to beat the rng fest twice.
Spent like 20 hours beating the last 2 stakes on one deck and besides some throws by me the rest were just straight up impossible no matter how well you played.
Amazing game, but after beating the game 50+ times, there's just some jokers I never want to even see in the shop again. At this point I might wait for an update that adds more jokers/seals/editions, or for a future DLC.
Spent like 20 hours beating the last 2 stakes on one deck and besides some throws by me the rest were just straight up impossible no matter how well you played.