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World Series of Poker
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Binding: Video Game
Brand: Activision
EAN: 0047875750999
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone 10+
Item Dimensions: 7.5505.3
Label: Electronic Arts
Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
MPN: Unknown
Platform: Xbox
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Date: August 25, 2005
Studio: Electronic Arts
Features:- 4 modes of gameplay- Quick play - for instant poker action- Main event - see if your $10K buy-in is dead money- Career - journey through the small tournaments to the Main Event- Multi-player - test your skill against other card sharks
- Deep tutorial mode: learn from the pros and gain on-demand advice
- Authentic feel of the actual tournament- Tells- Bluffs- Table Talk- Enthusiastic audience reactions to the excitement of the game
- All the sanctioned poker variations of the World Series of Poker- Texas Hold'em, 7 Card Stud, Omaha and 5 Card Draw- Buy-ins, High/Lows, Table minimums and antes
- Flexible character creator- Based on Tony Hawk's Underground character generator- Create your own poker face- Wear Vegas-style threads- Upgrade your looks/clothes and bling as you gain more money
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Editorial Review:
Pulse pounding poker simulation that challenges the player and prepares them to go on-line to play the world.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Fold This One
There is a problem with this game: instead of making a game of the fun to watch and dramatic ESPN show, it's a game of the mindnumbingly boring marathon the pros have to endure. Even if you stick with it long enough to get Men the Master or Chris Ferguson to your table - they don't really do or say anything. I didnt stick with it long enough to figure whether the pros are even higher AI than the average player. It's inexuable that the turn and the river come bang-bang, kills all the drama.
Rating: - Endless bad beats on the river
Yeah, this game is horrible. Not sure who programmed the AI on this game, but come on now.. Runner-runner straight/flush/trips? Every hand that i've been in where I'm all in after the flop leading favorably, the damn CPU always manages to end up winning. Unrealistic AI, shoddy graphics, annoying canned commentary. Could a game get any worse? Holding hope that the WPT or Daniel Negraneu's version is substantially better. Hope they bought the WSOP to learn how NOT to create a poker game.
Rating: - Can anyone do this genre right?
(UPDATE 1-28-06)Despite what Infinite Wisdom would have you believe with all of the glory of his capital letters, this game is not realistic poker. I live in Las Vegas and I have played [too much] poker in the casinos. The closest game I have found to reality (to date) is the World Poker Tour or DD Poker 2. Please, trust me on this one, do not waste your money on this title.
I love casino games of any kind. In particular, I love poker. Naturally a habit like this can get rather expensive ... Read More
Rating:  - All the "work" of a real poker career
This game is extraordinary in what it's trying to accomplish, but that's also its downfall. In career mode, you have no choice but to play tournaments and they can drag on forever. The designers have tried to compensate for this by offering "Collector's Chips" that reward you in the middle of a tournament for making specific hands (i.e. "Straight Flush"), taking out other players, etc., but that quickly gets old. Hardcore poker players will enjoy it when recognizable WSoP pros appear at your table and you ... Read More
Rating:  - Finally a poker game worth playing
***EDIT***
LET ME REPLY TO THOSE WHO SAY THIS GAME IS TERRIBLE, THE FACT IS POKER IS NOT AN EASY GAME, FOR YEARS VIDEO GAMES HAVE MADE IT TO SEEM LIKE IT WAS, THIS GAME IS TOUGH, AND IS TRUE TO HOW POKER TOURNAMENTS ARE PLAYED. IF YOU SAY THAT EVERYONE HAS STRAIGHTS, FLUSHES ON EVERY HAND YOU ARE PROBABLY PLAYING LIMIT HOLD'EM WHICH IN FACT HAS A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF PLAYERS GETTING STRAIGHTS FLUSHES ON EVERY HAND BECAUSE PLAYERS ARE LIMITED TO HOW MUCH THEY CAN BET, AND MORE PLAYERS PLAY ... Read More
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