--The Fix Is In-- – Texas Hold'em for iPad Review

When you are in a hand, the table acts like a normal computer game, albeit one powered by a low artificial intelligence engine. The bots fire back at you, squeeze-play you, etc. But it is Kind of frustrating when a robot player re-raises your AK suited big bet all-in pre-flop, with 7-2 off-suit, and hits running 7's to beat you on the turn and river. The most infuriating thing is, once you fold and drop out of a hand, these once "aggressive" bots act like shy and lonely Grandmothers playing with their meager food money; they check down every single hand, even if the eventual "winner" shows a flopped Full-House. So in short, no bets are made between the bots after you fold, and no bot loses much more than the big blind. And if that wasn't bad enough, the Bot money basically goes around and around the table and gets distributed evenly between the bots, so no bot ever gets bet or blinded out. You basically have to singlehandedly beat EVERY bot individually in order to finish in the money. The reply I got from tech support was stunning.... like a 1st grade teacher showing her class how to play poker. Not a single one of my well-explained points was addressed. So be warned, the fix is in on this game, it's full of lazy programming, it is unfair, and I am going to search for a better game app. And don't even bother with the online version: Slow, clumsy, constant iPad disconnects, and boring as all Hell, like a poker game in the middle of a wake. I hope they improve it
Review by Boccaccio70 on Texas Hold'em for iPad.