World Class Poker With Tj Cloutier (PC & Mac)

I bought this game 4 my husband who loves poker. He watches it on television & plays this game everyday. He reads books on the subject. He had a stroke almost four years ago so I bought this game 4 him 2 help his thinking & responses. It has produced much improvement. He is still challanged by it even though he has won & lost millions of imaginary dollars. He has had other similar games but none so interesting as this one. He takes great pride in that he has beaten the creator many times, the master of the game does not know how much help he has been 4 my husband's thinking.

After only a day of use, I can already guess what's coming. Lots of full houses that get beat by better full houses. I've seen lot's of these & they're all the same. I guess they can't do all the analysis if the hands are random. TJ's tips are probably based on specific hands, not generated by some sort of rule.

But I only paid $10, so it's not all that bad 4 my first software poker purchase.

I bought this game 2 run on my Mac & discovered that it would not operate in conjunction with Leopard. I brought it back 2 the Apple Store & they had trouble with it also.

This game is scripted 2 the nth degree with built-in "bad beats". Want 2 test that assertion? In the middle of a hand, power off you computer but recall the hand that you were dealt. When you go back 2 the game, it will deal you the exact same hand, over & over & many times as you do this test..So much 4 random deals. Also, if you get aces or kings, look out because even if you go all in, one of the players will call with something like J-10, & strangely enough when you & he are big stacks! Who calls an all-in raise for, say 2 million chips with a J-10 offsuit & you & the raiser have the same relative chip count? Bingo! A player who knows that the board will be K-Q-9! Once i was heads-up with the computer T.J. Cloutier & he called my all-in raise of aces with a Q-4 & the flop came Q-4-4! Again, do the power down test mid-hand 4 yourself & see if it doesnt deal the same hand over & over. My copy of this game has hit the garbage bin. If you want 2 be frustrated by a pre-determined program then don't say that you were not forewarned!

I thought I was going 2 get advice[while playing] 4 all the games offered.You only get the advice 4 no limit Texas Hold'em. The advice there is useful.However, I play draw 5 [why no Stud 5?] & 7 card stud more than Texas Hold'em. To get advice while playing 7 stud I recommend Wilson Turbo,which costs more than World Class Poker. For the price & getting Cloutier's tips & hand by hand advice 4 Texas Holdem it is a good buy.Buy it used on Amazon etc. & save some money.

World Class Poker with T.J. Cloutier is an excellent way 2 start learning the classic poker games from a real expert. Cloutier has written a series of definitive books about poker, & put his strategies into play against some of the experts you see on TV poker tournament. With T.J. Cloutier's instruction, & the practice you'll get from this great computer poker game, you'll become a master player without having 2 blow all your cash.