Not bad but with some annoyances – Poker Texas Holdem Live Pro Review

This is the app version of the gamedesire website. As an app, it’s not too bad. My only complaint about the app itself really, is that it’s too easy for people to instantly chat with these canned, tired cliche phrases like “move it” or “nice hand” when what these donkeys really need to be doing is shutting up. Other than that, my major complaint is not with the app but with the patrons of the site itself. You will run into a lot of really, really bad players on this app and the website. Of course, it’s fun to play against fish and take their chips, but only if you’re allowed to actually play poker. Unfortunately, in any fake money game but especially in the lower stakes tables, you are virtually guaranteed to have at least one idiot who will go all in pre-flop every single hand. He doesn’t care what he has, from pocket aces to 7-2o, He’s going all in. Because he doesn’t care about losing his stack, especially if it’s a $1000 buy-in and he has $500,000 in fake chips. He’ll just rebuy ad infinitum. He’s not really here to play poker, he doesn’t really know how, he’s really playing blackjack with you. One bet, seven cards, all or nothing. At first, you’ll be patient and try to just occasionally call when you have strong cards and take his entire stack. But it stops being fun after a while, whether you win or lose, because you can’t actually play any poker. There is no subtlety of betting on the different streets, no post flop strategies, no bluff opportunities; it’s fold preflop or go “all in” and watch the cards be dealt and maybe he’s going to beat you with a set of twos come the river when he went all in on 7-2 against your pocket queens because that happens. This happens less in the higher stakes fake money games, but first you have to win enough to get there unless you’re going to spend real money. And along that path you are going to encounter 1 million idiots as the one I have just described, whether at the cash tables or in the tournaments. All that aside, the interface is good (other than the stupid taunt chat) and the variety of cash games, tourneys, side quests and rewards is nice. I recommend it; but you’ve been warned about the idiots.
Review by FleshyHeadedMonkey on Poker Texas Holdem Live Pro.