{"id":1249,"date":"2008-07-26T06:39:33","date_gmt":"2008-07-26T10:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/07\/26\/ps3-poker-night\/"},"modified":"2008-07-26T06:39:33","modified_gmt":"2008-07-26T10:39:33","slug":"ps3-poker-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/07\/26\/ps3-poker-night\/","title":{"rendered":"PS3 Poker Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/07\/24\/deal-alert-playstation-store-summer-08-sale\/\">PlayStation Store Summer 08 Sale<\/a>, I picked up High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition for $4.99.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cgblog\/images\/videogames\/ps3\/miscgames\/high_stakes_vegas_strip_01.jpg\" alt=\"High Stakes on the Vegas Strip\"\/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Have to know when to fold \u2019em \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>I am not a big time poker player; or a small time player for that matter.  I do not have a poker night out with the boys, watch the tournaments on TV, understand what the flop, turn, and river stand for, or play in some illicit offshore debauchery.  But I <em>really<\/em> enjoy High Stakes.  What a gem.<\/p>\n<p>The game has several free ad-ons available, including some AV support options to allow players to see (and hear) each other in all their unassuming glory.  I do not have a headset or Eye Toy (or similar camera), and I am not sure that I want to experience others coming into my living room.  If I want that sort of experience \u2026 well, let\u2019s just say we have some younger readers here so I am not going to digress too far.<\/p>\n<p>I guess Texas Hold \u2018Em does not need a lot of explanation, and you are not going to get it from me. I have never played the game until I downloaded High Stakes.  I quickly played a few offline rounds, before heading online to see what sort of damage I could do against real life players.  The game (High Stakes and Texas Hold \u2018Em) is fun, addicting, and very rewarding.  I cannot describe how excited I was the first time I had to go \u201call in\u201d pulled off the winning hand.  Good stuff!<\/p>\n<p>If you are a Texas Hold \u2018Em fan, High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition is a tremendous value for $4.99.  See you in the casino!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the recent PlayStation Store Summer 08 Sale, I picked up High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition for $4.99. Have to know when to fold \u2019em \u2026 I am not a big time poker player; or a small time player for that matter. I do not have a poker night out &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/07\/26\/ps3-poker-night\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PS3 Poker Night<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}