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A very worthwhile game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: September 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was extremely disappointed with last year's World Championship Poker. The AI was horrible, you had to sit through each hand, even if you're not in it. The WSOP has been a great surprise. The AI is actually pretty competitive, and you have the option of fast forwarding through a hand you're not in. The career mode makes the game great. Instead of just playing one season over and over, you can keep going from year to year, increasing your bankroll as you go. All of the unlockable features (pro players, special chips, card rooms, etc) and the invitational tourneys give it even more replay value. I wish there could've been a few more pros in the game, but the ones that there are are great. All things said, this is a great game.

Good for beginners

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: September 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

For a beginning player, who wants to get their feet wet in poker and learn the game without risking any money at a casino or online, this is not a bad choice. For an experienced player looking to practice calculating pot odds, implied odds etc, this is also not a bad title. For advanced players and above, this title is little more than a way to fill down time between real tournaments and live games. While the AI for the Pros in the game seems to play decent, they are predictable very easily bluffed. It is the AI for the other fictional characters that will frustrate experienced players. Example: I'll bet hard preflop with a premium hand, flop top two pair, continue betting, and get called down by computer player holding 6-3 offsuit, who hits a 3 on the flop and a 3 on the river. This happens a lot and can get frustrating because those kind of plays rarely happen in real life. Also, the table manners of the computer players are terrible. 99.9% of real players do not laugh at or insult players they just beat in a live game. This is a bad way to teach new players. Graphicswise, the player models are terrible with the exception of Ferguson. Making it the the feature table and the final table changes the background, which is somewhat rewarding. As far as sound, the commentary is useless. But a nice feature is the custom soundtrack. All in all, the enjoyment you get from the game depends on your poker skill level.

This game is all I expected it to be.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I got this game for my birthday thinking it would be better than playing online with a bunch of random idiots. Since I only play for money in real life, it made a lot of sense. This game has been all I expected it to be and more.

While the graphics are not the greatest, I can't complain. How great do they really need to be when all you are doing is playing your cards? Game play is good. Selection of games is also good with Omaha, 7 Card Stud, Holdem, and Razz with tournaments with over 6000 players to single table "invite only" games.

While it may not be an 'honest' player's game, since you can save when you have a high chip count so you can always start again when you are in a good spot (which makes it fun to screw around and go all in a couple times after a save just to see if you can double up!!) it's a great poker game.

Play with the Big Boys

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I got this as a Christmas gift and I LOVE it.
This is the kind of game you look forward to playing after work. Kids will be bored, but if you've ever played Texas Hold 'Em, or watched it on TV you will enjoy this. I like playing in "career mode" the best, where you can design your own character and go toe to toe with the pro players. I agree that the graphics are not the greatest. Who cares?!? This isn't Grand Theft Auto, it's a card game. If you want to work on your poker game, relax, and have a blast, you can't pass this one up.

Poker games are getting better, but we have a long way to go.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: September 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is the toughest poker game i have ever played. This is because it is always raised and reraised before you have to act. This way causes the good player to move allin on any hand he wants to play, since it usually costs half a stack to call. So based on that, its not realistic poker, its allin and hope poker. The graphics are ok. They could be much better and detailed, but they also could be much worse. I got this game to play with the pros, but rarely do you play against one. You start at a 9 handed table and play down to 4 players until you get 5 new players. Rarely are any of the players pros. I still havent seen Chris Ferguson. One aspect of the game that is worlds above other poker games: players play differntly from each other. There are several poker games that offer different players, but they all play the same way. Thats not the case w/ wsop, for all the players seem to have different stlyes of play. However, I do not find the tells reliable as the game leads one to think. All in all, I think it's worth the inexpensive price, but don't count on this to be the poker game of all video poker games.

A Joke and a Complete Waste of Time

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

World Series of Poker (the so-called official game) is a farce. The game is completely programmed to make you lose. The player does not have the freedom to be aggressive or bully. The game is programmed to make you play one style, and that is controlled poker. If you get too aggressive the computer will automatically give the opponent a bigger hand. Also, even when you adjust your play to the computers style, the opponents still "suck out" all the time. The opponent players will raise and call with hands that even the worst amateur players wouldn't dare play. Therefore the gameplay is completely unrealistic. Another example of the unrealistic programming you can find in this game is when you fold a hand and then watch the opponents go against each other. They will turn over some of the worst cards and hands you've ever seen, and then you can go up against those same players and they will turn over emmaculate hands. The opponents don't vary their style, the computer only adjusts to the fact that "You" are in the hand. If you want to lose all the time buy this game. If you want to constantly play your best and still lose, buy this game. If you want to feel like you have the worst luck in the world, buy this game.
Anyone who knows anything about poker and has played online and in real games can attest to this game being a joke. Why the previous 10 or so reviewers on this site rave about the game is beyond my understanding. The game looks cool, but once you lose to an opponent holding a J 7 or Q 4, while you raise the pot with an A K or Q Q after playing for about 4 hours trying to win a tournament bracelet, you'll not only wanna break the game but your TV as well. Like I said, and its worth repeating so you get the message, the game adjusts to the simple fact that "You" are in the hand, thereby cheating to beat you. And almost everytime you go all in the opponent will either have a much weaker hand that they suck out with, or you will be completely dominated by an opponent that has been playing garbage all day. Oh, and good luck trying to put a bad beat on them, cuz it ain't gonna happend. Poker players know that bad beats happen and they hit everyone. Not in this game though, they only hit you. You can play perfect but the game still makes you lose and thats not the EXCEPTION, that is every time you sit down to play this game RULE.

"All In"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: August 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

From what I have seen this game out of all poker games will be the best. It features 13 pros including Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and Gus Hansen. The presentation is as realistic as you would see it on a real ESPN broadcast. This game has four different modes of play including quick play. Also it does have Texas Hold Em'. This game is made by Activision. Also it is rated E for everyone ten years old and up. If you don't want to wait for the other two good poker games (World Championship Poker 2 Featuring Howard Lederer and World Poker Tour 2k6) then this is the game for you to buy.

A solid poker game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: September 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is the first Texas Holdem game that I have bought for a video game system and I am having a good time with it. The AI has been the best that I have been up against so far and creating a character on here was fun as well. There are a few problems that become annoying over time. Every time you or an opponent acts they say these really dumb comments and the same ones are said over and over. I am sure you can turn off that feature so that can be solved but the graphics are really bad and there is nothing to do about that. You would expect more from a game with limited surroundings.

Rubbish!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: November 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is awful. The graphics are really bad, and the character creator is way worse than WCP which came out a year ago. The online bails everyone out when the host leaves and the AI is a joke. I returned this game when someone bought me the World Poker Tour game which is cheaper and MILES better.

WSOP

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: October 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Games good. Alittle slow paced. CPU always seem to have better hands especially the Full Boat. Overall it cant be that hard to make a poker game there is only so much you can do

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