February 2, 2006
The World PokerParty.com Tour seems to be everywhere nowadays. From the highly successful Travel Channel free pokerparty com satellites to their online pokerparty site (which Americans cannot play at, however) to pokerparty accessories such as chips and cards, the WPT has used their "name" for as much of a marketing tool as possible. Now they seem ready to step into the home video game arena as well. Also featured prominently in the pokerparty com game will be six of the casinos that the WPT visits during its yearlong swing around the world. The Bicycle Club and the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, Bay 101 in San Jose, the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, the Borgota in Atlantic City and the Aviation Club in Paris, France have all agreed to be featured in the pokerparty game. The replication of the casinos is already being lauded as to its accuracy, from the carpeting to the lighting and the décor of each world famous casino.
The WPT is stepping into some already churning waters with their pokerparty .com game. It promises to be a busy fall as there are four pokerparty .com related video games set to come out. Daniel Negreanu's "Stacked" is being touted as one of the best already and it has yet to hit the streets of pokerparty. Also coming this fall along with "WPT 2K6" is another version of Crave Entertainment's "World Championship PokerParty" featuring Howard Lederer and Activision, which has captured the World Series in "World Series of PokerParty".
For some reason, which I don't really understand, the issue of showing pokerparty cards at the end of a hand creates a great deal of controversy. First, I think the basic rule that is both the most simple and most sensible is:
- If there has been action on the last pokerparty .com round, the last aggressor (bettor or raiser) shows first.
- If there has been no action on the last round, the pokerparty com hands are shown in order. The first person to check is the first person to show.
- If there is one or more pokerparty com side pots, the pot with the fewest participants is shown first.
The new Commissioner will now be at the forefront of the greatest pokerparty tournament on Earth and should now be able to freely make the adjustments to the World Series and the Circuit events as he sees necessary. Pollack has already shown that he is respectful and listening to the concerns of the pokerparty .com players from his actions earlier this week in the creation of the Players' Committee, a group that will allow the players to let him know what the players want, and the reintroduction of the H.O.R.S.E. event to competition during the World Series of Pokerparty satellites.
