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World Championship Poker for Game Boy Advance (GBA)From Texas Hold'em to Seven-Card Stud and Omaha High-Low, poker is being played by an estimated 50 to 70 million people worldwide, and...
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From Texas Hold'em to Seven-Card Stud and Omaha High-Low, poker is being played by an estimated 50 to 70 million people worldwide, and tournament action can be found on television almost every night of the week. With World Championship Poker, Crave will put players in the fast and freewheeling world of high-stakes poker on their own next generation console and handheld system
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Donald Trump: A classy, classy poker and casino game. Its gonna be hhuuuge.
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Pros: Budget price, four forms of poker, three casino games, one to keep around like Tetris.
Cons: Requires multiple cartridges for multiplayer
The Bottom Line:
The best advice for those interested is to cash out while youre still $20 up, pick this game up and save yourself from calling Gamblers Anonymous.
Poker has gained immense popularity, but if your personal pot has dwindled in the process, Crave has a quick fix for you in the form of a Game Boy Advance game. World Championship Poker represents the perfect cure for the gambler that’s out of money and assets to ante up for real, but still too addicted to completely give up on the game. And it’s also a safe and fun alternative for those without a gambling problem since you can participate in poker and casino games on the go.
One of the things that World Championship Poker has going for it is that it packs four forms of poker, Texas Hold’em, Omaha Hold’em, Seven-Card Stud and Five-Card Draw, plus three classic casino games, Blackjack, video poker and slots to boot. Such a collection from a budget title took me by surprise, as I half-expected the more popular Texas Hold’em to be the extent of the game.
Besides a standard quickplay mode for the seven poker and casino games, a career mode takes you from the Wild Corral to the Renaissance casino. Like in quickplay, the opponents are blatant stereotypes. You’ve got the old woman with a headscarf biting down on her nails, the retired cowboy betting it all and the one Indian that doesn’t own a casino. When you’ve busted against this hardcore group of gamblers, a loan shark can save you from gambling withdrawal. However, winning the tournaments is fairly easy and may be a drawback for more experienced players.
An extra bonus for novice players is that they don’t have to be dealt in without proper poker knowledge. The game includes easy-to-understand tutorials for all seven of its games, even for the slots and what can only be referred to as virtual virtual poker.
Another quality aspect is the ability to link-up with three of your poker buddies and never need to find, distribute and clean up any chips. The one and only drawback to this feature is that each member must have the game, which I fully expected from this budget game. Passwords were another predictable part, as Crave didn’t spring for a battery-save. At least there’s a clever system by using six cards of a 52-card deck (no jokers) for each password.
Bottom Line
World Championship Poker is a classy collection of four types of poker as well as blackjack, slots and video poker. The game’s only real downfall is requiring multiple cartridges for multiplayer. At $20, it’s not unreasonable for friends to also buy a copy unlike other higher-priced titles. It’s one of those games to keep around, like Tetris, to travel with or waste time with when you’re unable to do anything else. The best advice for those interested is to cash out while you’re still $20 up, pick this game up and save yourself from calling Gamblers Anonymous.
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