Yes! I’ve got a pair of queens and I’m pretty sure this guy I’m heads up with doesn’t have anything. Time for a big bet…he called! He can’t have anything. Let’s see this river card…an ace. Damn. I hope he wasn’t staying in this whole time on an ace. There’s no way. He’d be so lucky calling me when he had nothing before the river. I’ll put out a decent sized bet. Let’s see what you want to do now, Mr. Bigshot. ALL IN?! I’m pot-committed, now. I have to call. You’ve got to be kidding me; he won with aces on the river.
I hate being beaten by river cards. If only there was a way to cheat and not feel bad about it. Say hello to “Texas Cheat ‘Em”!
In this Xbox Live Arcade game, cheating is the name of the game. You can earn up to fifteen different cheating abilities, such as turning your hand into a sure thing, or knowing the community cards in advance (no more betting with an unmatched ace on the river for me).
It’s great how downright dirty you can get in this game. You can earn achievements for stealing another player’s chips, using x-ray vision on another player’s cards, and even having five of a kind (try explaining that one to the pit boss). For traditionalists, there’s the “You’re Missing The Point Here” achievement, for making a straight or better without using any cheats. My personal favorite achievement is “Like a Bad Rash” that is unlocked through folding, then winning the hand by unfolding. Can you see the look on Phil Ivey’s face with that one? If you really suck at poker, you can always unlock the “Overkill” achievement by using five or more cheats on a single hand.
If anything, you’ll have fun just pretending you have superpowers and taking out your opponents one by one. Come on, anyone who has played poker has thought about it. Now you get to do it!
“Texas Cheat ‘Em” has 12 achievements worth 200 gamerpoints and is available on the Xbox Live Arcade.
Kerry Studnicki is the owner of Achieve360Points.com and has been writing about Xbox 360 Achievements since the release of the Xbox 360 in 2005.