Texas Hold Em - XBLA

[IanE]

Posting from my phone, so hopefully this'll go okay! I gave this a quick go this morning, free, so it's rude not to. The interface is nice, and best of all the game is pretty quick to play unlike some of the 'full' versions of poker. Can't wait to take it on live tonight!

[bignige]

I'm up $1267!!! Kicking ass on a table of Americans! My mate used to be a croupier many years ago, must've picked some skills up off him!
I asked this on another thread, what happens when you run out of money?

[jimmbob]

So is it easy to get a game on live or does it suffer Uno and street fighter trouble when looking for a table?

[MartyG]

You can go to a cash machine - but as your bankroll is tied to your gamertag, you can go into negative balance - this then prevents you buying into higher ranking games becuse you don't have the cash to cover it, essentially eliminating the idiots that'll go all in all the time when they don't really have a playable hand, or any idea how to really play.

[bignige]

$1800!!!
They hate me!!! I'm being cussed proper!
** Edit** $2251!!!

[IanE]

I'm stuck at work in Leceister racecourse of all places and you guys are all making me desperate to get on live, sounds like a riot! Does the singleplayer have any link to the online mode? I went all in on my first hand to see how it would play out. I lost..

[Crimson Day]

shit myself earlier if you press Y twice you go all in, lend on the controller and went all in then someone else did to. luckly i pulled out a flush on the river:zzz: god dam that was close £3995 currently

[Yoraths mullet]

Won a cool 5900 quid in one hand, my first hand as well. Everyone else was gutted.

[Jebus]

Crimson, I did that by mistake as well...lost $600 very quickly.

I'm down an awful lot already, but not in the negatives...seems the computer is better at knowing their hand than I am...

[Crimson Day]

Ive been playing the ranked tournements atm, there free buy in so no risk but you can win alot of money and enter into the larger events where the real poker begins:happy: although my mistake in single playe has taken that ballance down to 400:(

[revisedgenocide]

Got upto 32k bankroll only for the next game to crash and i lost 22k without even playing a hand :pft: fnnnnng!

[MartyG]

That doesn't sound good - maybe it's implemented that way to stop people turning their machines off mid game when they're losing big time.

[ItsThere]

Yes, I did that in single player. Three times. I am a noob as I now have no money left at all... Very very dull. If i deleted it and re-installed would I get my inital money back?

[Crimson Day]

Yes, I did that in single player. Three times. I am a noob as I now have no money left at all... Very very dull. If i deleted it and re-installed would I get my inital money back?
nope its permently locked

[ItsThere]

Oh dear. I am officially broke and can only buy in on a crummy 150 table now. Balls to that. Must learn to not switch off consoles in a rage after my own stupidity...

[revisedgenocide]

Whats even worse is that a mate who i play with at work who is always woeful at it is now kicking my ass. First player off the tourny table :( .

[Briareos]

Is the money you use to play against the CPU the same as the money you play with online?

[ItsThere]

Is the money you use to play against the CPU the same as the money you play with online?

Yeah, thats why i'm so gutted, I didn't realise it was... Might just give this up now as have completely screwed up my account. Oh well.

[MartyG]

I thought these were suppose to be seperate bankrolls?

[yosai]

^There are.

Initially,
Single player $2000
Competitive Match $2000
Ranked Match $25000

[ChrisField]

Wow, what a friendly online experience that was. My first game was met with "can you go away please" by everyone else at the table, before id even played the first hand :)

[MartyG]

Just join the NTSC-ukers in this thread: http://ntsc-uk.domino.org/showthread.php?t=63134

[PeteJ]

Does this game come with some sort of help? I do not know how to play Texas Hold Em!

edit - not to worry, read marty's comments in the other thread, looks pretty straight forward.

[erhgiez]

I also really wish there was some sort of warning, when I just started single player, i assumed it was just for fun and didnt realise I was glee-fully betting away the money I would have to use online against people, Id assume it would have reset whenever you went broke, kinda pissed off now

[Jusatsushi]

If you want to play without spending all your virtual cash, just play the scenarios. I just managed to win the first one... the AI of the other players is pretty impressive.

[toythatkills]

So what happens when you've no money left? Game sounds a bit crippled, then! I've dl'd this, but not given it a go yet, it sounds like I should know what I'm doing first and I don't even know how to play poker :)

[Oh_Mutants]

My first experience of Poker. Was playing the Single Player Standard Game, and was up in cash so left the table before cards were dealt for the next round. This 'upped' my bankroll to $2459, but when i checked the achievments people with a lower bankroll than me were seemingly ranked higher?? Am i missing something here (i know i obviously am, anyone be kind enough to explain please :))

[MartyG]

I've found the AI to be pretty predictable and easy so far; "GustyCaller" for example, seems to play hands even though it should have folded long ago - it was even playing a AK up to the river even though there was nothing on the table for it. It's not particularly clever and just watching a table for a few rounds shows how each AI player is programmed to play. It's pretty one-dimensional.

The fun isn't in playing the AI anyway, it's playing real people.

So what happens when you've no money left? Game sounds a bit crippled, then! I've dl'd this, but not given it a go yet, it sounds like I should know what I'm doing first and I don't even know how to play poker :)
Answered in post 4 in this thread.

[PeteJ]

I'm bored of this already :p

[MartyG]

If you're playing the AI I don't blame you - get online and play real people - learn the strategies (they can be very complex) and then you'll start enjoying the game.

[PeteJ]

Yeah you're right, I'll try it a bit later.

The AI just folds if it has nothing or bets loads if it has something good.

[MartyG]

No it doesn't it's more subtle than that - the AIs play to a rule set by the looks of things. ie, play to the river, play the flop, risk every hand. Watch it properly ( as you should real players too ) and you'll see.

There's a few issues with the game I'd like to see fixed - the invite doesn't tell you what type of game you're about to play in if you join ( this is important ). Having to wait until you're going to post the big blind is a pain - just let people buy in straight away.

[Akira]

Well this is my first time playing poker properly,and while my friends gave me a right kicking intially,i decided to find some rooms to join so i could get the hang of things a little better.

Well i played some singleplayer and then thought screw this.So i jumped straight into an 8 man online tournament.I beat them all! :D

Came down to me and this other guy.He had $4000,i had $220.After about half an hour i wore him down and delivered the final punch.Bet he did'nt expect that.

Now that i understand the hands,this is brilliant fun.Like marty said,don't bother with the AI,just jump online and play with real people.

[IanE]

Just been building up my offline bankroll back up, it seems solid, now for online!

[IanE]

Tried to get online, heard some Welsh guy and went IS SOMEONE WELSH? He responded with the same thing and then the game locked up. Great.

[hoolak]

Online is ace. Does the job. It's Texas Hold'em Poker! Another great addition to the Arcade.

[wush]

'Sake. Was just in an 8 player game where the majority of the other players enjoyed going all-in before the flop on every hand. What fun. :blink:

[IanE]

We've been doing that, chill, it's fun. :)

[wush]

Fun like flipping a coin repeatedly.

I just fancy some proper poker so I guess it'll be best to wait a few days.

[Crimson Day]

Na its best to play them at there own game them once its down to 4 its real poker. or just enter into the higher bankroll matchs

[peeveen]

Well, just had a go at this.
I tried to enter some tournament tables, and kept getting "failed to join game" (like SF2 all over again).
Finally, I managed to get into a table, but the buyin was 50000, so straight away I was 25k into the red.
I ain't seeing much evidence of this "persistent bankroll" malarkey producing much in the way of "real poker", cos everyone was just betting like crazy with 3-outs on the river, and all sorts of crap.
I waited for a decent hand, flopped a full house, went all in and predictably got called by the low pair and a king-high. Hello 150K and the 100K achievement. It might get better with time, but the real-money poker is calling me ...
Once I've got the achievements, this is getting deleted. It's kinda nice being able to gab with the players, but other than that, the on-screen display is awful ... too little room given to the important info ... and the game is sloooow, having to wait for everyone to press the green button now and then.
Not bad for eff-all, but ultimately a bit of a novelty.

[Crimson Day]

Well, just had a go at this.
I tried to enter some tournament tables, and kept getting "failed to join game" (like SF2 all over again).
Finally, I managed to get into a table, but the buyin was 50000, so straight away I was 25k into the red.
I ain't seeing much evidence of this "persistent bankroll" malarkey producing much in the way of "real poker", cos everyone was just betting like crazy with 3-outs on the river, and all sorts of crap.
I waited for a decent hand, flopped a full house, went all in and predictably got called by the low pair and a king-high. Hello 150K and the 100K achievement. It might get better with time, but the real-money poker is calling me ...
Once I've got the achievements, this is getting deleted. It's kinda nice being able to gab with the players, but other than that, the on-screen display is awful ... too little room given to the important info ... and the game is sloooow, having to wait for everyone to press the green button now and then.
Not bad for eff-all, but ultimately a bit of a novelty.
Try no player matchs once you get into the £4000 + games this is where the real poker is at

[Silvergun X]

Well, for someone who's only just started playing poker, I don't think it's bad that i've gone from $25000, to $220179 in one session. :)

[Briareos]

Loving this, just played for an evening ith a nice bunch of people at a low bet table, blinds of three and six, no one really going over 1200 dollars total. Played all evening without having to buy in, and left on an all in victory doubling my money. Great stuff :)

[wicky]

my bank roll is about 31k atm :)

[DavidFallows]

I managed to get into a table, but the buyin was 50000, so straight away I was 25k into the red.
I ain't seeing much evidence of this "persistent bankroll" malarkey producing much in the way of "real poker", cos everyone was just betting like crazy with 3-outs on the river, and all sorts of crap.
I waited for a decent hand, flopped a full house, went all in and predictably got called by the low pair and a king-high. Hello 150K and the 100K achievement.

That happened to me. I played a lot of one player when getting back from my mates house, learned a bit of patience like, although that didn't matter as I was dealt two aces when the pot was at $150k on my first hand.

That sort of made up for the $9k I'd been bummed for earlier in the night.

[MartyG]

I lost a fair chunk with a pair of pocket rockets ( 2 aces in the pocket ) with nothing worthy on the board last night due to some lucky chancer whose card came up on the river :/

I'm up on my bankroll overall though - I haven't played any of the bigger money games yet mind.

It's a decent game overall - but there are a couple of issues - the biggest being having to wait for the big blind before you can join the table.

[jimmbob]

Is it just me that loves the music?

[Widegoat]

I have a question about this game, I hope it's okay to ask it in first play.

Say I wanted to host a virtual poker night with 7 other mates, playing for real money - we've already decided on the ratio of mapping the game's chip value into real money, and we want to play so there's one winner - who ultimatley gets paid by the other 7 players (say a tenner each) after he/she wins the table.

Is there a way to:

a) Lock the table so no-one other than the invited players can enter?

b) Once someone loses all their chips - allow them to remain at the table as a spectator for the remainder of the game (or until they leave of their own accord)?

[Crisp_Rapper]

Is it just me that loves the music?just you... sat playing last night to the sneaker pimps and was almost too laid back to care about chucking silly bets in all over the place.

[MartyG]

Is there a way to:

a) Lock the table so no-one other than the invited players can enter?

b) Once someone loses all their chips - allow them to remain at the table as a spectator for the remainder of the game (or until they leave of their own accord)?
a) Yes, on the Competitive Match option you can create a table and set the places to private on each of the seats.

Dunno about b - I've not seen an option for this.

[Widegoat]

a) Yes, on the Competitive Match option you can create a table and set the places to private on each of the seats.

Dunno about b - I've not seen an option for this.
I hope there is - "a" sort of leads on to "b" really - if you want to play it as I described.

[peeveen]

Is there a way to:

a) Lock the table so no-one other than the invited players can enter?

b) Once someone loses all their chips - allow them to remain at the table as a spectator for the remainder of the game (or until they leave of their own accord)?

Surely it would be simpler to use an actual poker site, especially if you want to involve real money?

[bignige]

I hope there is - "a" sort of leads on to "b" really - if you want to play it as I described.
Possibly, I played a tournament last night & could stay in until pressing the "a" or "b" button, not sure about it though as I pressed it by mistake and left!

[gibbon]

nige might be the one to ask...

we tried it last night and when you're out the only oprion you have is to leave the table. Im not sure if this holds up the game or whether you can still hear people or not.

[Crimson Day]

I have a question about this game, I hope it's okay to ask it in first play.

Say I wanted to host a virtual poker night with 7 other mates, playing for real money - we've already decided on the ratio of mapping the game's chip value into real money, and we want to play so there's one winner - who ultimatley gets paid by the other 7 players (say a tenner each) after he/she wins the table.

Is there a way to:

a) Lock the table so no-one other than the invited players can enter?

b) Once someone loses all their chips - allow them to remain at the table as a spectator for the remainder of the game (or until they leave of their own accord)?
A) when you set up a player match you can set the number of "privite" spot meaning you have to invite you friends into the game

B) sorry dont no i dont think its possable though:mellow:

[DavidFallows]

You could play $1 = 1p also. So a $1,000 buy in is actually £10.00

[gibbon]

Possibly, I played a tournament last night & could stay in until pressing the "a" or "b" button, not sure about it though as I pressed it by mistake and left!
timing!

when I went out all I had was a darkened screen and the message to leave the table. Could you still hear us?

[Yoshimax]

This game is screen burn just waiting to happen !!! I presume the fact it tilts the table is to negate that but the portion with your gamerpic doesn't move does it ???

[DavidFallows]

LOL. New telly paranoia alert! ;)

Glad I'm not the only one.

[wicky]

This game is screen burn just waiting to happen !!! I presume the fact it tilts the table is to negate that but the portion with your gamerpic doesn't move does it ???


yeah i was worried about that too, considered switching to tft via vga even

[YOUWIN]

I lost a fair chunk with a pair of pocket rockets ( 2 aces in the pocket ) with nothing worthy on the board last night due to some lucky chancer whose card came up on the river :/

I'm up on my bankroll overall though - I haven't played any of the bigger money games yet mind.

It's a decent game overall - but there are a couple of issues - the biggest being having to wait for the big blind before you can join the table.

wasn't me was it?
i ended up clearing that table we were playing :ph34r:

i can see why you must have got frustrated about waiting for the BB to come round, dropping every 10 mins - take it you put a hammer through your router in the end then ;)

[Akira]

This game is screen burn just waiting to happen !!! I presume the fact it tilts the table is to negate that but the portion with your gamerpic doesn't move does it ???just flick between the 360 guide,that will sort it.

[Yoshimax]

One other thing I noticed last night - If you're playing and you open the guide, don't use B to return to the table - you'll fold !!!!

[Skull Commander]

Is it just me that loves the music?The music is ace! Me and a comrade were playing it last night and were doing 'all ins' just to hear that twang that accompanies them!

[wush]

Man, I wish the important information was bigger. I'm playing in composite (decent lead incoming!) and I can barely read my own cards half the time. :(

[Akira]

Man, I wish the important information was bigger. I'm playing in composite (decent lead incoming!) and I can barely read my own cards half the time. :(Yea i could see that being a problem.Even in HD the text is small but readable.Shame it's no way near as sharp as UNO,which looks really nice in HD........for a card game :happy:

[Yoshimax]

I noticed bleeding from red cards on my LCD which I was not happy about at all - only this game.

[wicky]

it looks fine on my t.v (however, it's a 50" monster, would be impossible not to be able to read them)

you guys seen the four of diamonds ? it has 5 diamonds on lol

[Akira]

yea,there's bleeding on pretty much every color in this game,it's pretty rank.I changed my enviroment to the blue table and it actually looks alot sharper.The default table looks nasty!

[jimmbob]

The music is ace! Me and a comrade were playing it last night and were doing 'all ins' just to hear that twang that accompanies them!

I hear that.

o/\o

Great avatar too.

[Rossco]

Put it on again and had some decent games where people were playing fairly normally and I managed to get my bankroll back up to only -£300,000 now! :lol:


EDIT:

And now I just played some tournaments for the first time, alot better there. Decent players having a good laugh and betting properly. :)

Finished 4th then 3rd. So I've got my bankroll up to £2800 for that one, I'll be playing this is future now. Seems to be where the best games are. :)

[stainboy]

Having some fun with this, :happy: never interested in poker before but it was free and my poker loving friend was coming to stay for a couple of days so I downloaded it. Thought I'd just be watching her play but been having great fun playing myself.

Lot of cocks about that talk bollocks constantly though, and they're the British ones! I don't plug the mic in at all, talking + poker doesn't mix for me.

[MikeRox]

Man, I wish the important information was bigger. I'm playing in composite (decent lead incoming!) and I can barely read my own cards half the time. :(

I'm noticing how "blurry" the game is in SD. First game I've noticed specific problems in SD though, it's not even as if the writing is smaller than other games I've played even on older consoles. Guess the font is just too fine to be clear and probably just aligned wrong for 640x480 if that makes sense, kinda half on 1 pixel half on another or something making it less sharp/bright than it could/should be.

I dunno if anyones already posted, but I notice a rediculous (if slow) way of building up your single player bank roll is to just constantly play Xbox Live Arcade sponsored games, bet rediculous amounts (or even just wait til you're just in credit) when the computer goes in, and every time you win a decent amount of money, just leave the table and restart, pocketing the money you won with absolutely nothing to lose in the next hand.

Seems a silly oversight, I'm surprised they don't just force you to play with your own money once u have earned so much.

[stainboy]

I find it hard to tell the difference sometimes between hearts/diamonds and spades/clubs in SD. Still, glad I got the 25" telly in the moving out custody discussions or I'd be stuck with my Mum's 14" :blink: And to think I didn't give a crap about HD before, now I'm secretly lusting after one...

[Rushy]

I'm running 480p over component which is SD and the game is perfectly crisp.

[MikeRox]

must just be the interlace blurring it then.

[bignige]

Not sure when, can't see any info on it:

Updated for Vision Cam. For the video shy, it can also be used to take picks of your 'Raise' face, 'Folded' face etc. & when making these choices in-game your pic changes to reflect this.
Table packs available for purchase too.

[Yoshimax]

Stuck this on yesterday for the first time in ages and had a right good laugh - camera mode is optional you can either have full video or just the pictures nige mentions above !

We'll need to get a game of this sometime !