World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions

by ACTIVISION

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000HG78XE
• Item Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 19, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 1.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,722 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC

World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions takes a story-based approach as you enter the Circuit as Chris "Jesus" Ferguson's protégé. You'll test your skill against more top pros than ever before!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Failure to Launch, October 3, 2006

By 

D. Ross - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions (CD-ROM)

Thus far, I have 2 systems that cannot play this game. One a high end computer, the other a midrange computer.

In both cases, I found Direct X errors. These errors can be fixed by downloading the MOST recent patch from Microsoft. The error mentions file d3dx9_30.dll. If you see that head off to Microsoft.

When I finally got it to run on the high end system, continuous crashes before playing. The most common one is "an assertion error" that locks up the game when I try to start a career.

Activision needs to patch their software and make their website more friendly to use for people looking for problems.

Hang onto your 20 bucks until they fix this game and fix their company website.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Game of errors, January 12, 2007

By 

T. Horan (Deville, la United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions (CD-ROM)

I have tried to install this game on three different computers. After a lengthy installation process, when I try to run the application, I get an error message that a file is missing.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, December 7, 2006

By 

R. Medcalf - See all my reviews
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This review is from: World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions (CD-ROM)

The first problem you will likely encounter is a DirectX error. The fix is on the CD but you have to look for it. If you browse the disc there is a directx folder that has the latest DirectX in there to intall. Most games give you this option during the installation of the game but this one doesnt. No big deal though, I got it running.

Plenty of reasons to not like the game though

The controls are weird. But I got used to it. I prefer using the mouse to click my options (call raise fold) like you would in online play or like in the game Stacked. But you have to press the backspace key to look at your card then use the arrow keys to decide wether to call raise or fold.

I also keep getting an "assertion error" after about 45 minutes of play. The computer opponents aren't really that tough. If all the online players played like some of these guys I would be typing this review from home, not work.

They use Texas holdem announcements in Omaha. for instance if the board comes up all spades Norman Chad will say "there's three spades on the board. One in your hand would be nice, two would be that much better" of course you cant make the flush with just one spade in your hand in Omaha... A little picky on my part but it kind of takes the "realism" out of the game.

If you want a good PC Poker game get Stacked. I love Stacks interface, controls, and realism, just wish it had Omaha on it like TOC does.

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