Topic: Are the Texas Hold'em games any good?

Hi, I've seen that there are 2 texas hold'em poker games on wii ware, onde from Digital Leisure and another from Gameloft. Are they worth the download? Im thinking about getting the Gameloft one since the graphics are better. Is it easy to find people online to play?

thanks.

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I don't have Gameloft's game but from what I've observed, you're more likely to find people online in Texas Hold'em Tournament. I could be wrong, but I do know that when I last played it, it was fairly easy to find people. Mind you, this was quite some time ago, but others have been able to get games going. Whether it's good or not depends on your attitude towards it, I suppose. After all, it is only $5.

Feel free to read my thoughts on the game here: http://bit.ly/ckmjDR

I have them both and you can find plenty of online players in both versions.
They were both pretty successful.
(Well, Tournament was much more successful, because it came first and is 100pts less)

• Texas Hold 'em Tournament (by Digital Leisure Inc.)
  1. 500 pts
  2. worse graphics
  3. better music
  4. much better online mode.

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• Texas Hold 'Em Poker (by Gameloft)
  1. 600pts
  2. better graphics
  3. worse music
  4. much better offline mode

Good comparison.

Why exactly the online mode is better on Tournament? There are more people playing it?

In Texas Hold'em Tournament you can buy clothes (shirts, trousers, shoes) for your Mii with the money you win.
So you can show off that you're not a newbie, show off that you won some money, show off that you're rich.
You can always change your clothes in a "dress room" where you have your dress collection.

In Texas Hold 'Em Poker the money you win is useless: you can only buy a few generic playable characters you most likely don't want to play with. (I still use my Mii).

Additionally, in Texas Hold'em Tournament you can do 7 different emotions (poker faces). This is just for fun / and to confuse the other players. This feature is completely missing in Texas Hold 'Em Poker.

Also Texas Hold'em Tournament has more players.

Texas Hold 'Em Poker has only one decent option that's missing in Tournament: Cash games 1 vs 1.
In Tournament it's always 6 players on one table (personally I prefer that tournament style anyway and never play 1 vs 1 Cash games)