PSP World Series of Poker Revisited

We can say now officially after playing this for the past 3 weeks - it's very good. The game really tries to give you the feeling of making the final table along with the players you'll meet (all the famous ones) acting and playing like they would. Great stuff.

As the officially licensed video game of the World Series of Poker, this game allows players the same intensity and excitement of going all-in at the WSOP final table and taking home the championship. Square off in a setting that realistically mimics Harrah's Rio Casino with ESPN presentation-style commentators calling the action. You'll start by creating your very own poker face, then you'll need to bluff and read tells to come out on top.

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Playboy Poker Chip Coasters

Get the best of both worlds in these cleverly designed thick vinyl playboy coasters that look like large poker chips! A fun way to protect your table during poker night, parties, and also a great gift idea. Officially licensed product.

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TMO's Guide to Playing Online Poker on Your Mac

Finally - a guide to playing poker online on your mac. Nice!!!!

If you want to play online poker on your Mac, you can either play at the sites that support the Mac platform natively, or you can use Virtual PC to access sites that cater to the Windows platform. I've done both, and I put together this guide to help make it less confusing for those looking to join the massive world of online poker.

I've divided my look at all the major poker sites into those that support the Mac natively and those that are Windows-only, and I've included performance information for sites that require Virtual PC. My recommendations are based on Virtual PC 7.x, the fastest version of the software yet put out, used on a fast Mac. I've also played on most of these sites with Virtual PC 6 on a 1.2 GHz PowerBook, so that, too, can be done, though I don't recommend it.

At TMO's Guide to Playing Online Poker on Your Mac || The Mac Observer

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Sega Casino for Nintendo DS

We're loving our DS. This will be our second poker/casino game for the DS and this one allows you to connect over wi-fi and play with up to 5 other players. NICE!!! SEGA Casino includes craps, blackjack, roulette, Texas hold'em, and baccarat. Players will also be able to unlock four poker variations, as well as Keno, and a dice game called Chuck-a-Luck. Three game modes are available; free play, in which players can play to unlock other games and levels, casino mode, in which players play against a computer to win play money, and wireless mode. In wireless mode, up to five players can connect to a single game, using only one cartridge, and play against each other.

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Stealth Online Poker Tool

Ummm...wild. I don't think I'll be playing much poker online after I continue to read frightening things like this that give everyone the advantage but yourself.

Whatever happened to the idea of playing poker as a personal skill? With increasing talk of the threat of online 'bots and automated collusion one could be forgiven for thinking that some of the character is being bled from a great game by advancing technology.Take the latest product to be launched on the poker playing public - The Poker Advantage. The seller of this new tool, CMM Enterprises openly punts it as gaining an "unfair advantage when playing poker," describing it as a stealth software that makes winning at online poker "a lot more fun and profitable.

"The company claims that its product is a highly sophisticated poker odds calculator, hand strength indicator and learning tool. It automatically reads all visible cards on the table in real time. This enables the user to instantly know their hand strength so that they know when to fold, check, call, raise or re-raise. Using a highly advanced algorithm, the Poker Advantage let's the user know how their opponents are playing; passive, aggressive, profits and losses and errors they have made.

This apparently "... helps players 'read' their opponents."The Poker Advantage additionally keeps track of hand history up to twenty hands for both the player and his or her opponents. It graphs each player, play so that the user can visually see what each player has done for the past 20 hands at a quick glance. One happy customer is quoted as saying, "What I like best is the hand history. It gives me a pretty good idea of what kind of players my opponents are. In my opinion this is a big advantage, especially in online poker play, where you cannot see your adversaries."

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PSP World Series of Poker Reviewed

What can we say? Well - we tried it and really liked it. The PSP World Series of Poker doesn't seem to have any shortcomings and best of all it's on our PSP now. We covered this two months ago and have patiently waited for a long holiday weekend to play a round or two. The UI is great - the AI even better and we like the graphics and the fact you can take it with you wherever you go. Great Stuff.

World Series of Poker has the feel of the actual tournament, recreating the complete ESPN presentation style to add drama and suspense. All the sanctioned poker various of the World Series of Poker are available, including Texas Hold 'Em, 7 Card Stud, Omaha, and 5 Card Draw. With the flexible character creator, you can create your own poker face, wear Vegas-style threads and upgrade your looks/clothes as you gain money.

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World Poker Tour TV Handheld

Here's our advice. The handheld is fun - but skip the Lou Diamond Philips DVD that comes with it. Is this guy desperate to get work or what? I can't watch Lou without becoming sad. Okay - back to the handheld - what can we say it hooks up to your TV, cards are dealt right to the handheld - it's World Poker Tour Magic!

Get dealt in for the next high stakes hand of No Limit Texas Hold 'Em. This great world poker tour game plugs right into your TV with no game console required. Before you can say, "jackpot," you'll be playing with friends or testing your game face on a full season of the World Poker Tour (WPT). Cards are dealt directly to you as you play. Hone your skills with on-screen tutorials and save your player profiles as you go. Includes a bonus DVD: "WPT Poker Primer" hosted by Lou Diamond Phillips.

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XBOX World Championship Poker 2

From what we've read we're not exactly sure they've gotten this new game for Xbox totally right but it's also not totally wrong. Team XBOX thinks it's pretty darn good and we have to think if Crave put it out - it's going to be at least decent.

Did the poker season start and no one told me again? The last time I checked the world of sports contained no real “poker season” and yet it’s this time of year that the videogame industry has designated to unleash their latest card-baring games to the public. Enough of my ranting, on to the review! - Team XBOX

XBOX World Championship Poker 2 features:

• More poker - 14 different varieties of poker, ranging from Texas Hold 'em and Five-Card Stud to Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw and Razz: Ace to Five.
• More gameplay -- Active tell and bluff system, RPG-like upgradeable skill system and character outfitting
• Play with the pros- In-game character likenesses, play styles and iconic signature personality traits of eight of the worlds best professional poker professionals, including Howard Lederer, Annie Duke, Greg Raymer, Amir Vahedi, Paul Darden, Clonie Gowen, Robert Williamson III and featuring announcing by Matt Savage.
• Hip new look- More Rat Pack era themed shell and HUD, more realistic looking characters and advanced animation system with something moving on the screen at all times
• Broader audience appeal- With the choice of Real Deal simulation or Power Play arcade modes, WCP2 appeals to experience poker players as well as casual console gamers

We'll be adding this to our Gamefly queue and should have our thoughts soon.

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Last Call Poker Web Game

It looks amazing but isn't your typical poker game. Much like web games in the past that utilized phone, email, fax, and instant messaging, this creepy poker game interacts with you however it can. We'll be checking out this new game and should have our thoughts soon.

Author Sean Stewart told SCI FI Wire that his new game Web site, Last Call Poker, looks like any other poker site. But it's not. "You'll notice quickly that [the players] are ostensibly dead," said Stewart, who created the game with help from fellow writers Walter Jon Williams and Maureen McHugh. "This interactive game [is] plotted just as carefully as any other novel."
Last Call Poker is actually an "alternate reality game," along the lines of the Web-based games such as "The Beast," used to promote the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence, and "I Love Bees," which was a viral marketing tool for the video game Halo 2. In this case, the game is the story. "The story does not care about the platform," Stewart said. "It comes at you over a Web site and calls your phone, faxes your machine, sends you e-mail. You pass another piece of the story on the billboard, and there's a bit on the radio. All the way that information comes to you now becomes a co-opted channel for another kind of fiction."

Via Sci Fi Wire

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October 2005 Roundup for Just The Chips

We've been very busy here at Just The Chips. Some of our best stories from this past month include:

• PSP World Series of Poker Available at Amazon.com
• Chip, Chair & a Prayer Poker T-Shirt
• Serious Poker Advice from Phil Helmuth
• Straight Flush Ghetto
• Dogs Playing Poker Drink Coaster Set
• Royal Flush Chip & Dip
• Howard Lederer Tells All
• The Cooking News & The Best of the Blogpire
• World Poker Tour Texas Hold'Em Handheld Game
• TV Poker Blackjack & Video Poker

Stay tuned for more poker finds including new video games, chips, and poker tables for November & December gift giving!

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