World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions 2007 Edition

This game isn't horrible, but it certainly is in no way, shape or form a realistic poker simulation. If all you want to do is play a little online with your camera and talk trash and you don't really play poker for money, sure, have a blast. But for people who read poker books, play for money, and take the game seriously, this is, as one reviewer put it, arcade poker.

Overall, I think the developers need to take a serious look at what kind of poker game they are trying to make. It's fairly obvious that the developers made this with the "no fold em hold em" players in mind, as opposed to serious poker players. That's the main problem right there. The other is that they feel like the WSOP license and some big name pros will sell the game, not substance. Those are two deathblows. It's casual fun, but nothing that serious players will enjoy over the long haul. After spending more time with it, it just got more and more annoying as the game's numerous flaws became more and more glaring.

Once these poker games start taking advantage of the next-gen hardware and use multiple types of A.I. opponents, with adaptive A.I. that adjusts to your style of play, then we'll finally have a serious one player poker game. They also need to beef up the online portion with more options, like cash games. Hopefully, they'll also put in some real next-gen graphics, player models that actually resemble humans, and some better presentation. It would be nice to see WSOP games, and poker games in general, start to use some real production values, like EA Sports and 2KSports games. I think poker fans would rather have a killer poker app for $50 or $60 than this for $30.

Xbox Live Arcade has a poker game for 10 bucks.

That game alone outperforms this $40 waste of money.

This game is just embarrassing to play and watch. You have to be a major, major poker player just to sit through the tournaments. They go at an extremely slow pace.

The graphics and player models are just laughable, the worst on the 360 yet. The graphics are eyesores. And for player animations, just watch the two announcers on the screen before your first big tourny. Almost terrifying.

Do NOT get this. If you want a good Texas Hold 'Em experience, download the one off Xbox Marketplace.