Score: 6
"Nice game, but is it really random?"
date: September 8, 2006
Well, I definitely like poker games. In terms of presentation (graphics and sound), it is great.
However, after playing it for a little while, I noticed that the chances of the leading hand being outdrawn were significantly far higher than normal, especially on the turn card. I also seemed to have seen the same scenario pop up on more than one occasion which made me suspect that the cards were not random at all.
To put it mildly, I think I can confirm it now. On two occasions in a row, the same six hands of whole cards came up. And then the five community cards were exactly the same in both instances as well. The odds of that happening with the cards in the same order are astronomically small (you have better odds of winning the state lottery twice in a row), which is a very good indicator that the outcomes are indeed scripted.
So, either this game does not draw cards at random, or I'm just very, very lucky (and I need to buy lottery tickets). If it weren't for this flaw, I would have voted it higher overall.
To conclude, if the author should work on another version, please try to randomize the outcome of the cards.