World Series of Poker

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $0.79

Features:

• Authentic feel of the actual tournament - all the tells, bluffs, table talk and audience reactions
• All the sanctioned poker variations of the World Series of Poker - Texas Hold'em, 7 Card Stud, Omaha and 5 Card Draw -- with Buy-ins, High/Lows, Table minimums and antes
• Flexible Character creator - Create your own poker face, wear Vegas-style threads and Upgrade your looks/clothes and bling as you gain more money
• Win rare collector chips for noteworthy gameplay -- then compete online for collector chips, in winner-take-all matches
• Licensed voices and likenesses of leading poker pros

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

Not very challenging [Posted on 2006-05-11]
I am not really sure why everyone is having problems with this program crashing. I have literally played it for days straight as I have nothing else to do on the week ends. I wonder if it is their computers. I use a 1 1/2 old laptop so it doesn't take much to keep the game going. The only problems I have had are if I quit in the middle of a tournament. Then that game will always lock up. I either finish the tournament or go all in to finish it quickly. No problems since that

I do have a couple of problems with the game itself though. First, it is not very challenging. After I day I have won or placed in at least half of the tournaments. I do not play much poker and almost never watch it on TV. If an amateur like me can do that well I think the really experienced players would not like this at all.

Second, there is a little status screen on the left that is very useful but I could not figure out why it seemed to be there randomly. Here is the secret; it only appears in the first tournament that you play after starting it up fresh. If you want to keep it in subsequent tournaments you will need to exit and then reload, wallah it is there.

Third, if you fold on seven card stud the game does not finish things off like in the other tournaments. You have to sit and press deal for each subsequent round of that hand. It gets very annoying very quickly.

Fourth, the announcers on the game are so random. You think they would program it respond more appropriately. I had a straight flush and another player had a royal flush. We both went all in. At the end the computer says: "You have to wonder what he was thinking playing that hand." On other hands when I am bluffing and fall far short its response will be inappropriately encouraging.

All in all I play this because I don't have much else to do living in the wilds of Thailand. If I had better access to books, movies or other games I would not

GREAT for the beginner and casual gamer [Posted on 2006-05-22]
I just bought this game after having played it for a few hours at a friends house. I have been playing it for awhile now, have had no problems with it; it has been a blast! The only suggestion that I would say for next time is to add online play or multiplayer mode. Finally, I've seen people complain about installation problems... I had no problems installing it whatsoever and it runs very smoothly. Enjoy!

Not half bad but falls short in some places [Posted on 2006-08-12]
Pro's, the grafix are good, the tutorials are helpfull, and the game is easy to use and figure out.
Con's, there is no way to play online or with other computer users, unlike the playstation version of this game you cant customize your player, there are two "sports commentaters" that comment on every play but they have limited comments that get real old real fast(you can turn them off).
It's a fun game to play and it's one of my favorits. I only payed $10 for the game and I got what I paid for.

It's not that bad [Posted on 2006-11-05]
First of all, I think this game sucks. It sucks for pretty much all of the complaints already listed. Plus, has anyone else noticed that when someone goes all in and there is a side pot, if they win they win the side pot and the main pot? Am I the only one who has noticed that? It would also be nice if I knew where the bubble was. I mean, why would you risk going all in and finish out of the money if you could just hold out and let someone else burst the bubble? Some other people can get the AI to fold, but I can't seem to. It just isn't realistic for me to put someone all in only to see them call with 8-3. I also didn't like the full screen thing. I play on my laptop and sometimes I like to do multiple things at once. I couldn't minimize the game at all.

Have I gotten my money's worth? Yes, without a doubt. Because I have wasted several hours playing that game. Are there a lot of glitches? Yes. I had to reload it and it worked much better. Would I buy it again. Yes, if they revamped it by listening to some real player feedback and put those suggestions into the next version. It is a good game because it allows you to practice some games you might not be able to play otherwise like Razz. If they added HORSE or HOSE it would have just about every game offered at the real WSOP. I love pot-limit games and they have hold 'em and Omaha pot-limit games. I bought a different poker game that also cost $20. Was it worth it? Yes. It had better graphics, the players were all recognized pros, the betting calculator was ALWAYS right, and it was a good learning tool because the AI played they way you would expect people to play when you are trying to raise your game. The only problem was it offered limit hold 'em and NLHE.

So, WSOP by Activision sucks because it has flaws and it's not all that realistic (even live donkeys don't play that badly). But, it's pretty much worth the $20 because you can spend several hours playing it and you won't have to play the same game twice.

WSOP Poker [Posted on 2007-01-19]
I got this for my son for Christmas and he loves it. He can now "play with the pros." The graphics are fabulous and you feel like you are at the table playing poker with the greatest players.

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