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Summary: Serious poker for an affordable price!
Review: I recently lost interest in the "cuteness" of the Hoyle Casino series of titles, and the other poker sim's on the market which seemed to have been programmed by someone with no knowledge of the game. All the poker books I've been reading suggested trying a certain series of titles which are considered to be the standard in poker simulation, but at $80+ I determined those to be out of my price range. This title offers the best of both worlds, serious poker for an affordable price, while retaining all the features of it's competitor. With the release of DD Tournament Poker Donohoe Digital has set the new standard for poker simulation.
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Summary: Great game, Great AI, taught me a lot
Review: I thought this game was a great way to improve my game. Tournament poker is very different than regular poker - you have to protect your chips, pay attention to the levels and know how and when to bet. If you read a book like Sklanksy's, you can use this program to put the knowledge to use. The AI rewards the correct play - it may not be able to beat the experts, but it can beat 99% of the players out there. This is a great way to improve your game and a great price at that!
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Summary: Great A.I. helped me get ready for Vegas!
Review: I was one of the lucky ones to get to play an early beta of this game (and the final release). I didn't know anything about Texas Hold'em Poker other than I watched a few tourneys on TV and wanted to learn to play. I travel to Las Vegas on business quite often but was always too timid to try to get in on a table as I didn't really know the game well enough to be that confident. After playing this game on my computer for a few hours, I really have learned the ropes of the game and have gotten quite good at it! The A.I. is outstanding and it really seems to know what is in my head. The great thing about it is it STILL beats me from time to time... Another cool feature is the tournament system that allows you to hold tournaments to your exact specifications. Thanks for the great product!
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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: I'm really enjoying this game. I do wish it could be networked with other players...but for $20 it is a great buy.
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Summary: For Practice Only - Too frustrating to really enjoy
Review: It's a good game to experiment with strategies. But I can't stand it when I go "all in" and half the other players call me, even the ones that don't even have a pair, and I wind up losing to a straight or a flush at the river. Incidently, I think that there are too many straights and flushes being made in this game. I think it is difficult to get automated players to behave like real human beings. Still, it's better for practice than playing online, because online, the other players tend to slow the game down too much.
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Summary: not suitable for real Hold'em training
Review: It's cheap and a nice interface and fun to play, but I was beating the AI players from the start, and I'm a new Hold'em player. I increased the player strength but now that I have some casino experience (lost $100 first visit, won $500+ the second visit) and play better, I found it necessary to purchased the Turbo (Wilson) Text Hold'em.. and found it tougher competition and better practice.
So if you just want to play for fun, this is good enough, but if you intend on playing for real you'll need some stronger software.
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Summary: great value and great fun
Review: It's very user friendly. It occasionally makes strange (ie stupid) calls, but it's an excellent and fun way to learn and practise the game, especially if you might be interested in later playing internet poker.
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Summary: Save yourself a load of money
Review: Save yourself a load of money
Imagine that now, in the 21st century, you can actually sit down in front of your PC and learn in the space of a week what a lifelong poker player could not throughout their entire career. I will put this much to you - playing poker against someone who has spent time on this simulation would be a tough game. There is absolutely no doubt that this package will teach you all about winning and all about loosing and all you got to do is spend a couple of bucks on this title.
In short, it is a poker simulation with roughly fifteen game types to choose from with anywhere between two and two thousand players. It will teach you the drill from start to finish. You should play this game for a few years before even considering venturing down to the casino or showing up with Friday night poker with the boys. It will certainly sting less in the long run.
If it is poker training you want, then this simulation does it like a royal flush.
As a note: The graphics are not much better than Microsoft's Windows Solitaire, but looks are not really why you want this thing. Get it for the maths, chance and gaming experience. The kids never need go hungry again.
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Summary: For $20 it's a good deal but some AI flaws
Review: Solid game for $20. I play with opponents at the hardest level and beat the 10 person $1000 tournement 30-40% of the time. Opponents bluff, semibluff, bully, and check-raise. I don't see the computer slow play very often. I have seen players make bad plays (folding 3 aces on the turn with no good draw opportunities on the board) but usually that doesn't happen. However, the AI for heads-up play needs to be improved. I never lose in heads up play. Even when only three opponents remain, if I have a reasonable pile of chips I almost always win. It's too easy to steal blinds and bully the opponents, then slow play a big hand. Hey Eagle Games - fix this!
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Summary: Amusing, but terrible poker
Review: The look and mechanics of this game are just fine, though budget. However, don't buy this looking for an accurate representation of high-level (or even moderately-experienced level) poker. The computer play, even on "high," is a bizarre mix of cowardly and reckless. As several other reviewers have noted, it's easy to bully the computer players with aggressive bluffs, even when they have top pair and you have nothing. On the other hand, it's also surprisingly easy to goad the computer into betting all-in on something like 2-6 before the flop. The computer players are also far too willing to dump money into a low-probability draw (like a gut-shot straight draw) that leaves them very few outs, no matter what the opponent may have. I am a passable player but not a good one, and yet I can consistently win the small tournaments and win the big ones much more often than I should, all on the "high" level. The numerous interesting features make this an example of a game that could have been really good if any attention had been paid to the most important aspect: the players.
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