World Championship Poker 2 with Howard Lederer

by Crave Entertainment

Product Features

• 14 different varieties of poker, from Texas Hold 'em and Five-Card Stud to Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw and Razz - Ace to Five
• Active tell and bluff system, RPG-like upgradeable skill system and character outfitting
• Features 8 of the world's best professional poker professionals - Howard Lederer, Annie Duke, Greg Raymer, Amir Vahedi, Paul Darden, Clonie Gowen, Robert Williamson III and featuring announcing by Matt Savage
• Choice of Real Deal simulation or Power Play arcade modes
• Hip new look with Rat Pack era themed shell and HUD, more realistic looking characters and advanced animation system

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000B6MM0E
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 26, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,035 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Xbox

From the Manufacturer

Bring your best poker face and nerves of steel to the high-stakes table as you bluff and try to steal the pot from the legends of the game. Howard Lederer, Annie Duke, and more will push your skills to the limit to see if you have what it takes to become the next poker phenom.

Features:

• 14 different varieties of poker, from Texas Hold’em and Five-Card Stud to Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw and Razz
• In-game character likenesses, play styles, and iconic signature personality traits of seven of the best professional poker players
• Commentary by Matt Savage and AI opponents with dynamic personalities, player controllable taunts, bluffs, and tells
• Enhanced look and feel with more realistic characters and advanced animations with something happening all the time
• Experienced poker players, as well as casual gamers, will enjoy hours of poker excitement
• Compatible for online play with World Championship Poker 2 PSP (PlayStation Portable) system users with PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system.
• Eye-Toy support for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system

Product Description

Product InformationIn Championship Poker 2: Featuring Howard Lederer is the sequel to the best-selling card game. This time you're returning to the high-stakes table with more experience -- but so are your challengers. Put your poker skills to the test as you try bluffing and trying to steal the pot from some of the world's toughest professional poker players.Product Features14 different varieties of poker from Texas Hold 'em and Five-Card Stud to Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw and Razz - Ace to FiveActive tell and bluff system RPG-like upgradeable skill system and character outfittingFeatures 8 of the world's best professional poker professionals - Howard Lederer Annie Duke Greg Raymer Amir Vahedi Paul Darden Clonie Gowen Robert Williamson III and featuring announcing by Matt SavageChoice of Real Deal simulation or Power Play arcade modesHip new look with Rat Pack era themed shell and HUD more realistic looking characters and advanced animation system

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Poker Collection on Original Xbox, January 16, 2011

By 

Logan Ratty (California, United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: World Championship Poker 2 with Howard Lederer (Video Game)

In my opinion, this is the best. The play is good, the graphics are good, gameplay is accurate and fair, everything still holds up today. I looked into this a ways back. Checked online game magazine reviews for the highest rated, best playability and programing of poker games on the original Xbox system. This one was one of the highest. It still holds up today. This is not a casino collection (it doesn't seem like the original Xbox ever got a decent casino collection game going, they all are pretty bad). This game, World Championship Poker 2 with Howard Lederer, consists of just poker games. All sorts of poker games. It sticks with that and does it very well. For the novice poker player and for the serious minded poker person.

4.0 out of 5 stars good fun, April 17, 2008

By 

Ron (USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: World Championship Poker 2 with Howard Lederer (Video Game)

This game features a lot of small tournaments which are quite fun. The action, though, is really in the large tournaments you occasionally get to play in career mode with 200 people. They can be quite long if you want to finish high but are very intense, and interestingly, many of the tournaments seem to each have their own feel, as if you were really playing with different groups of people each time. By this I mean you encounter different strategies of raising and calling in the no limit tournaments, and the cpu players are willing to take varying levels of risk. (this review refers to the offline playing modes)

4.0 out of 5 stars I love this game, June 27, 2007

By 

D. Read "Maximumdread" (GA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: World Championship Poker 2 with Howard Lederer (Video Game)

The fact that I paid a bargain price for this game no doubt influences my positive attitude, but I have had a lot of fun playing this game. I like the fact that it has both career mode and free play. A more experienced player might not be impressed, but I like the AI and the different player types you end up sharing the table with. What I especially like about this game is that the pace and feel of the game is very realistic and comfortable to me. It's low key, and I never feel annoyed, like I'm waiting too long, or lost, because the play is flying by so fast. I find that my game improves as I sit back and watch the players who stay in the hand, trying to guess what they have based on their playing style. I find that I'm able to use this information to win pots from the same characters later.

The "mini game" bluffing feature is a bit annoying, but I've used my "skill points" to make it easier. One improvement would be more information about the current odds and other statistics. I used to play a DOS game in the mid 90's branded with Amarillo Slim's name that had a great feature for this: at any point I could pause the game and study the percentages and statistics to learn along the way.

If you can find one at a good price and you want to improve your game, I recommend it. If you're a heavyweight and looking for the ultimate poker game, I don't know if that exists yet.

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