Topic: Texas Hold Em In 3 1/2 Hours....whos Gonna Gamble? (Read 65 times)

mike_jacko · « **Reply #15 on:** August 17, 2006, 12:16:00 AM »

yea they ripped us off.....arcade wed was just a month promo..its next week for hold 'em

hamwbone · « **Reply #16 on:** August 17, 2006, 08:18:00 AM »

im not gona let you beat me at my own game! TEXAS holdem!

gcskate27 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 17, 2006, 12:26:00 PM »

^too true... itll be like the first hand of a freeroll the entire time... people randomly going all in and getting like 5 callers... i absolutly hate those kind of games...

Boydster · « **Reply #18 on:** August 17, 2006, 02:45:00 PM »

I'm pretty sure my dad is going to temporarily own my xbox once this comes out.

My mother plays UNO and my father plays SF II, soon to be Hold 'Em as well... LOL they just need to buy one for themselves, solely for the Arcade games. MS is doing an astounding job here... I didn't think I'd ever see either of them pick up a controller.

fastTOE · « **Reply #19 on:** August 17, 2006, 05:44:00 PM »

QUOTE(gcskate27 @ Aug 17 2006, 07:33 PM)

^too true... itll be like the first hand of a freeroll the entire time... people randomly going all in and getting like 5 callers... i absolutly hate those kind of games...

i think they are trying to combat this by making your "chips" cumilitive.... meaning you only start with a certain amount and everytime you play you have to earn more and more to play the "big stakes" stuff,....(IGN Article) though, they fail to mention what happens when you run out,... how to get more chips

edit: added link

gcskate27 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 17, 2006, 09:40:00 PM »

there was that mention about 'consumables'... seems dumb though, unless the chips won can be used for free xbl dl's (which they apparently cant)... why would someone rebuy fake money that will win them nothing?

fastTOE · « **Reply #21 on:** August 17, 2006, 09:43:00 PM »

i agree,... if you have to pay to get points to bet with,.... then, you SHOULD be able to use the points to buy other things.....

what's the point of being the "richest" hold 'em player if you can't BUY anything?

tonloc79 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 17, 2006, 11:19:00 PM »

They said once you run out of your initial amount of chips you have to go to lower tables and build your chip count back up.
Well know for sure in less then a week. Should be worth a download.

hamwbone · « **Reply #23 on:** August 18, 2006, 11:40:00 AM »

do you have any idea what kind of legal work it would take to actually allow people to gamble purchased points??!? (individual state/age/tax) when will you people wake up. even using MS points, what happens when you run out? you are forced to buy another game to play a game you paid for. DUMB!

nickthegreat · « **Reply #24 on:** August 18, 2006, 11:49:00 AM »

QUOTE(hamwbone @ Aug 18 2006, 06:47 PM)

do you have any idea what kind of legal work it would take to actually allow people to gamble purchased points??!? (individual state/age/tax) when will you people wake up. even using MS points, what happens when you run out? you are forced to buy another game to play a game you paid for. DUMB!

individual state - they know where you live; and this is a US not an EU problem.
age - there are many other past times that require you to be 18, with dubious 'proof'. Including internet poker
tax - not really fussed about the US; gamblings tax free over here

In anycase you can't cash in your credits, therefore its not an income and not subject to tax.

It would be easy to have (as various poker programs do) two versions of the game that can be started from the same lobby; one for gambling after verifying who you are, and one for those living in a nanny state where you aren't allowed to have fun: hence also solving the problem of running out of credits.
None of your points are a real barrier to credit gambling, although yes it would require legal work. heaven forbid MS actually gets some lawyers

- especially when they would have created a HUGE advantage over Sony Live (or whatever they plan on 'inventing'). PROPER gambling on your sofa, not a half baked version that will make me move to my pc for a game.

'when will i wake up'? - when i stop seeing poker being played on the internet legally.

Legendary Badass · « **Reply #25 on:** August 18, 2006, 11:50:00 AM »

MS has a great idea for points. Their system allows gamers of all ages to play. Bragging rights are still there because if you win alot you get achievements as well as the ability to play in larger events. There is nothing wrong with it, most people will play the game right because they don't want to lose their built up credit.

maltonbranch · « **Reply #26 on:** August 18, 2006, 01:00:00 PM »

Oh i cant wait for this game. im gonna be addicted to this!

http://www.yourfileh...file=winner.JPG

All the newbies to poker who go all in are easily caught. wait for your hand. then pull the trigger. true you could lose as alot of poker is down to luck of the cards. but the situations you put players in is down to you. so good players will be able to out play newbies. Im a pokerstars vetrain. so im gonna be looking to finally getting quite high up a leaderboard. and im sure most poker players will be thinking of the same thing. oh i cant wait

b15ginz · « **Reply #27 on:** August 18, 2006, 03:23:00 PM »

since this is a free gimmie money game its going to suck. there will be so many people going all in on the first hand. i wish they can do some kinda of thing with real money or with m$ points. that would be cool..

OR

you can only replunish your account once a day. that would limit how many all ins there are.

hamwbone · « **Reply #28 on:** August 18, 2006, 04:30:00 PM »

wake up to MS... alot of pipe dreams here

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