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Customer Reviews of Poker Academy: Texas Hold 'Em (Mac)

I highly recommend this game...
I own four different computer poker games, and have been playing with human opponents for serious cash on a regular basis for several years now. In terms of difficulty and realism, Poker Academy is the best that I have come across. It is not very good at 'training' you (hence, four stars), since it does not provide any useful insight or advice, and people expecting as much will be disappointed. However, if all you're interested in is realistic game play, with top-notch opponents, then this is definitely the game to go with.

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To answer the ultimate poker software question:
First, I am using the Pro version and I also own Wilson's Turbo Texas Holdem. Second, interfaces mean very little to me. I want a deep opponent, plain and simple. Third, I have to finish this review because I can hear the Bots of PA calling me! The bottom line? Wilson has a pattern that admittedly takes some time to get and here it is: It's afraid more than not of excessive raising. All you have to do is win though tight check raising to be up $1000 and it will believe you capable of anyting as it folds to excessive raising. Now keep in mind Wilson's Turbo will every now and then pull a nasty little surprise on you by bluffing while holding nothing all the way past through the river but RARELY. PA PRO though? Geez, I already have a joyous dislike/admiration for what the bots can do. And the bluffing they can pull! Think you gonna ALL IN them into death? Or check raise them to death? Heh, see you in the bread line. I caught myself swearing like a sailor at some of the moves by this program! Did I say I didn't care for interfaces? Sheesh, if the AI wasn't so damn good(I kinda get the creeps when I see it load EVERY hand I have ever played against it)then the graphics and ergonomics would have begrudgingly gotten a nod. But due to its intelligent and imposing opponents the rest of the game is a sight to behold. Kinda like the graphics at Paradise Poker. I love the Blue table option. This software is INVOVLING. Just get it and enjoy. (I intend to follow up with several records of various hands played by both titles PA vs. TTH It'll be funnnnnn....

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Great Learning Tool and Excellent Player Models
I am very pleased with my purchase of "Poker Academy: Texas Hold 'Em". It offers several variants of play and several models of players to play against. Writing software that simulates a good poker player is non-trivial and my experience with other poker games and/or learning tools is that the authors usually choose a single model and vary it in one dimension (i.e. aggressiveness, etc.). However, "Poker Academy" actually has several different models based on real playing styles and is thus by my estimate a much more sophisticated learning tool and/or challenger to play against. <
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>The extra "bells and whistles" mentioned by a previous reviewer are nice for beginners but they can be turned off completely so that game play decisions are totally up to the player. <
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>I own 7 different Texas Hold 'Em games ranging from extremely simplistic (meaning once you "figure out" how the opponents work, you never lose) to others that are more sophisticated. It is my opinion that "Poker Academy: Texas Hold 'Em" is the best software I have of the 7 different variants I own. Thus, I highly recommend the software to others and suggest that reading the help section and possibly reading about some of the player styles modeled in the software is quite possibly the best combination of fun and training I have come across. <
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>Keep up the good work!