Monday, December 12, 2005

World Series of Poker Video Game

I’m not a huge video game person, but I friend of mine hooked me up with a copy of World Poker Tour for the Xbox and said I should write something about it. It did not take long for me to get hooked on it.

I created my own player and set him off into the world of poker to earn his poker stripes. I actually lost my very first game I played, which was a bit of a knock to my ego.

Once I got the hang of the game I made my character move through the world of poker and started to play against poker pros like Antonio "the Magician" Esfandiari, Erick Lindgren, Evelyn Ng, Lyle Berman, Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi, and Phil "Unabomber" Laak.

I earned a lot of fake money during my rise to poker fame and fortune and spent it all on useless things like sunglasses.

I never got a chance to try the Xbox Live element of the game, but it’s suppose to be really good.

Overall I have to say I enjoy playing poker over the internet more than an Xbox, but it was still fun and would be a great way for someone to practice on their spare time.