Review: Texas Hold’em
Posted by Jesse | Filed under Games, Reviews
Texas Hold’em has been riding the top of the Top 50 Paid Apps pretty much since the launch of the App Store in iPhone 2.0. After a week or so of playing it I am convinced it fully earns it’s place at the top.
Texas Hold’em is an iPhone game developed by Apple which takes the poker craze and makes it mobile. The beauty of this app, is that it really is two wholly separate versions of the same game.
Video Poker aka portrait style
This is the game you will hear the most about. With the iPhone held normally (portrait style) you get a pretty slick video poker game with simple controls and very nice, very smooth video playback. Each opponent has several videos for folding, raising, checking, etc which not only looks great, but is actually useful as each player has their individual tells.
The control is dead simple as you can double-tap to check, drag your hand to the center to fold, or adjust the slider to bet. If you are in a hurry simple tap the screen to bring your next action to the front.
Table Poker aka landscape style
While the video poker is much flashier, I prefer to play with the slick landscape view, which replaces the videos with a view of the Poker table. This allows you to much more easily see who has folded and who you are up against. With some quick tapping you end up a it much quicker gameplay as well.
All together Apple’s Texas Hold’em app offers two highly polished and fun experiences which I highly recommend.
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