Howard Lederer Playstation Poker Game Criticized

World Championship Poker 2: Featuring Howard Lederer is one of a spate of video game consol poker games that have found their way into many stockings this past Christmas, and the user reviews are starting to pour in.

On one popular video game review website, users were complaining that the computer has a built in advantage and always seems to pull out the win. The user was playing the Playstation version of the game and took it upon himself to start recording results after he noticed a trend; the computer would always win when the player had a big hand.

While it might seem that way if the player ever faced The Professor, Howard Lederer in real life, if his estimations are correct this could mean bad news for this and other poker games like it.. …

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• POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
• SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
• TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
• BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
• SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
• LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.