Poker Academy V2 (Win/Mac)
by POKERSOFT, LLC
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Video Game Reviews of Poker Academy V2 (Win/Mac)
Customer Review: I've made millions (in theory) playing in ring tournaments.
Summary: 4 Stars
Partly because of the feature that allows you to peek at your opponents cards. If you can avoid the temptation to do so, your results will be less spectacular.
Seriously, this game plays quite well. The advisor plays a very tight game and I've done better (without cheating) using my own judgement. One feature I really enjoy is the lightning bolt that jumps to the end of play on a hand after you fold. You can play a lot of hands in very little time.
Overall, a very playable game without all the bells and whistles that usually just annoy after a while.
Customer Review: Not bad!
Summary: 3 Stars
Some of the player names are a bit cheesy, but the play is just as unpredictable as you'll find when playing online. This was great to download on my laptop while overseas and unable to get to an online game for awhile. It's interesting to see the results of playing on your own vs. going with the "expert" advice.Customer Review: Mediocre
Summary: 3 Stars
I found the game to be quite basic and limited in it's explanations. I expected more detailed guidance while playing the different sets of games available.
All in all an ok game, but nothing shocking!
Customer Review: Best learning tool available - Serious Poker Competition!
Summary: 5 Stars
The artificial intelligence in this Poker simulator is light years above anything else available. Originally developed by computer scientists at the University of Alberta, some of the poker "bots" in this game are self teaching! They actually learn to play against your style by analyzing the entire history of hands you have played. If you know how to play fairly well, you'll win pretty steadily at first - but the opponents get tougher and smarter over time, forcing you to improve and to vary your game. Different artificial opponents have different styles - some are super skilled, others a little crazy - just like the real world!
The smooth play, variety of opponents, hand analysis tools, and - most important - the complete hand history lets you see exactly where you make your big mistakes and your big wins! Play 10,000 hands or so and you will find the holes in your play and improve your game many times over.
Some previous reviews state that there are only a limited number of different hands being played over and over. These poor souls are using an early demo version of the software. One can only assume they didn't register or enter a license key to unlock the full program. In the earlier demo version of the game, this was the intentional demo limitation - it dealt the same 100 hands over and over in the same order.
I'm a software developer myself, and this is a beautifully designed and implemented poker "system" - far beyond the typical cheap computer card game. The smooth play, clean graphics, wide variety of game structures and opponents, and the many educational features all contribute to a fun learning experience. And yes - those computer science professors do know how to generate randomly dealt hands!! Use the program for 15 months and over 15,000 hands as I have and see your poker skills grow and grow.
Customer Review: Reality Check
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought I would be a pretty good Texas Hold'em player. I'm even from Texas! This game brought me back to reality. I'm ok.