56ok.org

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If you hear bandwidths of 10 Megabits in, 5 megabits out, and think that that's the service you get in a third world country, this is not for you. This is for people who lust after 10 Megabit connections and can afford one or more consoles. This website shows you how to get creative with online games, and find ones they don't automatically get kicked off of.

Good for a private social game, not as good against strangers.

But the main attraction is the game vs real humans. But the chat feature only works in a private chat room session. You can't chat with strange opponents. But you can friend them and cease being strangers with them. It's designed to to be a computer reffed private house poker table. If you have a bunch of poker buddies who are all on Xbox Live, you might spend a dollar each to play more games than modern versions of poker like Full House Poker and Prominence Poker, which may be good if you agree only to play Hold Em, but if you grew up in the 90's and before, before Texas Hold Em became the default choice when no one can agree on a game, this is for you. The background music is a little annoying and repetitive, but thankfully fairly in the background. The game server occasionally drops out, but this is an indie programmer, so it's a 10-man-or-less production. But then again, it's only a $1 to buy the game forever. And the game took less than 3 minutes to load at 500k.
It's kind of hard to mess up a card game online. Most of the network is dedicated to talking to each other. But two people who know each other might collude unbeknownst to the third person, which in the real poker world, unless the rules specify a team format with known teams, is illegal. It's even easier because you can share your hole cards with each other and discuss team strategy with each other hidden from your opponent, unlike team poker where all discussions must be uncoded and open and audible to your opponents. But this game has no achievements, and bankrolls have no value in Xbox Live achievements, so the only thing you gain is fantasy money. Overall, if you don't try to cheat the spirit of the game, I give this game a 56OK.