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Developers - TIK Games1 Player8-person Xbox LiveTournamentsESRB Rating - Teen (simulated gambling)Cost: 800 Microsoft PointsIs this game right for me??
You do not have to be a proffessional poker player to enjoy this game. It is a great pick-up-and-go type of game, and can be enjoyable by a wide age group, although it probably isn't for very young players.Hows the community??There is still a booming community for this game, despite how long the game has been out. People are generally fun to play with, although a lot of people don't talk a lot. You do run into the occasional idiot, but just send them negative feedback, or file a complaint.Controls:LB: Toggle selection off.Right on Dpad: Show/muck cards.Right Analog stick: Camera angleRB: Select next playerY: Raise/open betB: FoldA: Call/CheckX: Show gamercard
Game Modes:
Single Player:
Standard Game - Hone your skills and build your single player bankroll. Play a few hands, or play until you drop! This is a great casual game mode.
Tournament - Ready for the big time? Join a tournament and play until you win, or are knocked out. 8 person game of poker.LEVELS:- Invitational - Buy in: FREE- Regional - Buy in: $4000- National - Buy in: $16 000- All World - Buy in: $125 000
Scenarios:
Final Table Chip Leader - You are at a money advantage, knock out all 7 remaining opponents.Final Table Short Stack - You have the least amount of money in the table. Knock out all 7 opponents.Final Table Random - Knock out every opponent: Random chip count.Heads up Even - Its you vs. one opponent. Knock him out. You both have the same amount of money.Heads Up Random - Its you vs. one other opponent. Random chip stack.Conservative Sit and Go - Playing with 7 conservative players, ones who fold easliy.Loose Sit and Go - Playing against 7 loose players. Ones who will bet heavily.
Multiplayer: Xbox Live Gme Modes:Standard Game: Play with 2-8 players to build your bankroll for player matches.
Quick Match: Get into the first available game, no preset preferences.Custom Match: Get into a game of your choice. You can choose limit type, blind amounts, buy ins, and # of players. If a game is available with those specs, you will be able to join it.Create Match: Create a match with your specifications.
Player Match Tournaments:
Tournaments in which you can buy in with your player match bankroll (not competitive bankroll), and play until either you win, or are eliminated.
Competitive Match Tournaments
Tournaments that build (or decrease) your competitive match bankroll. Play until you win, or are eliminated.LEVELS:- Invitational: Buy in - Free- Regional: Buy in - $4000- National: Buy in - $50 000- All World: Buy in - $500 000
***TERMINOLOGY, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND TIPS:***
Hand types:
High Card: One card (any)Pair: 2 of the same card.Two Pairs: 2 of the same card + another pair of another card.Three of A Kind: 3 of the same card.Straight: 5 cards going in numerical order (eg: 2,3,4,5,6)Flush: 5 cards of the same suit (eg: 5 hearts)Full house: A pair and three of a kind (eg: 3 jacks, and 2 sevens)Four of a kind: Four of the same number or card.Straight Flush: 5 cards in order and of the same suit (eg: 2,3,4,5,6 of hearts)Royal Flush: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten; all the same suit.No-Limit: People can bet as much as they want, pretty much any time.Pot limit: Amount able to bet limited by amount in pot.
Terminology:
Flop - The term given to the first three cards flipped on the table.Turn - The fourth card turned on the table.River - The fifth card turned on the table.All-In - Betting all of your chips (money) in one bet.Bet - To wager money (chips)Raise - To call someone's bet, and bet higher. (raising)Fold - To place your cards down and leave the hand.Blind - Small bets to get the action started. To the left of the dealer goes the small blind. To the left of that person, goes the big blind. (2x the small)Pot - The amount bet in the round.Heads-Up - The term given to when thee is only two people left in the match.Ante or Buy in - The amount you must pay at the beginning of the game or of a hand to recieve your cards.Bluff: To fool the opponent into thinking you have a great hand.
**A FEW TIPS**
Betting:
When betting, some surefire ways of winning the hand include, but are not limited to:
1. Luring people in: If you have a good hand, and know it beats everybody, don't go all in right away. Instead bet little bits at a time so that they question your confidence, and think you have nothing... and if you are feelinmg really risky, when the river card shows, you could go all in. Depending on the outsome of the 5 cards.Normally its not too smart to go all in unless you have some miracle hand. It is advised that you NEVER go all in with a high card. Of course.
Bluffing: While this is harder to do in online poker, bluffing (making the opponent think you have something) is a good way to win a hand if done properly.- Look at the cards on the table, if you see something potential, bet a small amount to test your opponent.- If your opponent raises, either he/she is bluffing themselves, or they have something great. You decide, as this is where luck kicks in.
When to fold:1. When you know you don't have anything.2. When you know the opponent has something better.3. When you are in a spot to do something risky, and potentially winning, but are short on chips.4. When you can clearly see something risky on the table (4 diamonds, for example FLUSH if your opponent has one more diamond)
Achievement List:
Poker Initiation: Win 10 hands in any game mode. - 10 points.To get this one, just follow the poker tips, and hope luck is on your side.I'm All In!: Win an all-in bet in any game mode. - 10 pointsTo get this achievement, simply press Y on the betting screen to go all-in. Hope for the best, lets hope lady luck is on your side once again!Lucky Day or Crafty Bluffer?: Win a hand without anything but a 9-high card.Get this one by bluffing basically. Follow the bluffing tips listed.Tournament Pro: Enter and win a competitive tournament with 8 players.Select "competitive match" in the tournament screen, and try to win a tournament by being the last of 8 players at the table.Chunk of Change: Build a bankroll up to 100 000.Play a lot, and win a lot of hands, build any one of your bankrolls up to 100 000. The easiest one to build on is the "player match" bankroll.Card Shark: Play 1000 hands.Winning Streak: Win 10 hands in a row.Gutsy move: In one bet, wager at least 50 000. Single player scenarios don't count.Poker King: Finish first in all of the single player scenarios.Tournament Expert: Finish 1st in all single player tournaments.Millionaire Club: Build any of your bankrolls up to 1 000 000.Luck of The Draw: Get at least 1 of every single hand type.
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Hope this helps!
Psyberslayer wrote:The Poker King acheivement doesn't seem to work also. I won all the scenario sessions (1st place...) and was not awarded that acheivement...
Synjin Savant2 wrote:I take it you cannot play for Microsoft Points yet? I thought that would be the most FAQ.
AttackSloth32 wrote:Thanks, yeah I'm thinking of switching fave teams, leafs are sucking lately.
CanadianError wrote: AttackSloth32 wrote:Thanks, yeah I'm thinking of switching fave teams, leafs are sucking lately. If you were a true fan you would support them anyways. I still support them, especially because they knocked out my least favourite team. The montreal Canadiens.
Are there any games that you can invite your online friends to play with you in?
MiTigAtedFEveR wrote: Are there any games that you can invite your online friends to play with you in?
S1ick Nick wrote: What does "away" mode do?
AttackSloth32 wrote: S1ick Nick wrote: What does "away" mode do?It sets the game so that you fold automatically each time it is your turn to bet to save time if you are not around the Xbox.
S1ick Nick wrote: AttackSloth32 wrote: S1ick Nick wrote: What does "away" mode do?It sets the game so that you fold automatically each time it is your turn to bet to save time if you are not around the Xbox. Is there a limit to how many times you fold or will the game eventualy kick the people who do this? Thanks!
How do you submit a specific cheat that can be easily replicated and needs to be patched to restore fair play? Forum topics have mentioned providing proof for cheats, however, giving feedback via XBL does not offer a free form field to enter a description of the cheat.
I have on several occasions played with people who abuse the "infinite away" capability in competitive tournaments and just wait until the 2nd to last person winning the table finally gives up and exits, and the cheater claims first place as a result. It takes considerable time to wait for the BigBlind amount to depleat someone's chip stack, especially if they use this tactic after a massive win. Even if they eventually start playing, it is unsportsmanlike to use this tactic to wait out the game until you guarantee 3rd place minimum before you start actually playing the game.
The update that added the "away" capability is what enabled this cheat to be possible. I recommend some appropriate limit on how many hands can be auto-folded via "away" state before the system removes them from the game. An excellent "soft limit" could be imposed as such:
Define a threshold of 30 total rounds in "away" per game->per player. (total, not necessarily in a row)
During a game, track the count of away folds per player.
if a player exceeds 30 "away" rounds in one tournament, the remaining players are prompted if they vote to boot this away player. If all remaining players unanimously agree to boot the away player, then he gets booted and any chips he had remaining at that point are removed from the game as well. Rank in match is at the time of boot.
This is limit is "soft" because if he/she informs the players in the room, before going "away", the remaining players usually would honor that consideration not boot him.
It is frustrating, especially if it is regional multiplayer competitive tournament, and you are forced to endure a long long wait, and cannot go in "away" or the game will loop until BB = all chips.
Otherwise, this game is great much of the time.!
GT=Moonjet
Here are a couple of questions for Multiplayer Competitive Tournaments that will leave you scratching your head:
1) Why do Multiplayer Competitive Tournaments crash about 10% of the time causing everyone to lose all of their money and get 8th place (even if there are only 5 people left when it crashes)?
Answer - Bandwidth Problem with Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade - No response from Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade as to when the issue will be resolved. I will update this thread when they respond...
This type of crash is especially painful in the 50,000 tournaments!
2) How come when I won the pot after going all in, I got chips equal to the pot, plus what I had before I went all in? Example Player A goes all in and pot is now $4,020. I have $4,000 chips and call his all in. I win and get a total of $12,020 chips. Unfortunately, I have seen this happen about 4 times, but never in my favor!
3) Here is one that is really suprising - I once saw four people go all in, and one of the players that folded won the pot. How could that happen?
Anybody got an answer for 2 or 3?
IVIad IVIaxx wrote:2) How come when I won the pot after going all in, I got chips equal to the pot, plus what I had before I went all in? Example Player A goes all in and pot is now $4,020. I have $4,000 chips and call his all in. I win and get a total of $12,020 chips. Unfortunately, I have seen this happen about 4 times, but never in my favor!- I'm not quite sure what you mean, but I'll give your question a stab:When you see the # of chips in the pot, it doesn't include your chips that you put in (or at least not when I've played last). So lets say the pot is $4000, that doesn't include the amount you put in. Lets say you've put $1000 into the pot, then your total winnings would be $5000. 3) Here is one that is really suprising - I once saw four people go all in, and one of the players that folded won the pot. How could that happen?- This is probably just a glitch or an exploit that people can do. I've had it happen to me before too. It annoys me that people do this, but in this case I think it is just an exploit, or just an uncontrollable random glitch that sometimes occurs. Anybody got an answer for 2 or 3?
3) Here is one that is really suprising - I once saw four people go all in, and one of the players that folded won the pot. How could that happen?- This is probably just a glitch or an exploit that people can do. I've had it happen to me before too. It annoys me that people do this, but in this case I think it is just an exploit, or just an uncontrollable random glitch that sometimes occurs.
Double Post, sorry...
IVIad IVIaxx wrote:Of course I'm ready for some answers... shoot.
You mean tournaments since scenarious you must come in first and you get a check mark not a place. Anyone want to play online,<<<<<< add me.
Tell me about it,,, was in the last two with 4 million on short stack and oponent with 285k and 360 froze.
funkiemunkey wrote: You mean tournaments since scenarious you must come in first and you get a check mark not a place. Anyone want to play online,<<<<<< add me. Tell me about it,,, was in the last two with 4 million on short stack and oponent with 285k and 360 froze.
Same thing has happened to me. I completed the 4 scenarios available on single player and placed first in all of them and I did not get the acheivment
NikonNurse wrote: Same thing has happened to me. I completed the 4 scenarios available on single player and placed first in all of them and I did not get the acheivment
The single player appears to be rigged, any advice?The single player does appear to be rigged a lot of the time. You have to realize that there are a few tell-a-tale signs of when to bet, or when to fold. Here are a few great pointers to figure out the single player opponents in this game:- Try to avoid going all-in before the flop, because if you have something great, chances are the opponents will fold out, or have something better than you. There is a slight amount of luck you could get, but it is smarter idea to avoid all-in bets before the flop.- If your opponent raises you by a hefty amount, chances are they have something better than you. You are better off folding.- Test the water: Bet small amounts. Typically if your opponent has something, they'll call you if you make a small bet. Only bet a little bit though, and that will probably carry you to the flop. Then you can go from there.-Don't over-bet because a lot of the time, if you have a great hand, your opponents will fold, so you don't want to waste a great hand. Lure them in if possible.Can I use my multiplayer bankroll for single player so I can enter higher-stakes single player tournaments?I saw this question show up about a day ago, and no it is not possible. You must use your single player bankroll for single player tournaments.I have completed the single player scenarios, but still no achievement, what gives?
Make sure you have completed all 6 of them.