Poker Texas Hold'em is now Alpha

[Katchatung]

the dialogue text covers the belts.

we do not see any game board.

the gameplay is very heavy

[lunatic4ever]

Does adding a gambling game affect the user base of the website? At the moment, all the games are family friendly, and there is no mechanism to gamble on here, while poker doesn't work as well without real stakes. I'm fine with more games being added generally, but this one feels like something that should be left for the dedicated sites

good god...

[drambuem]

Can I please join the playtester group?

[Trociu]

Can I please join the playtester group?

you can join it from here: https://boardgamearena.com/reviewer if you meet the requirements

[illfixthislater]

If you're still accepting testers, I'd love to play some hold'em.

[mrtwigs]

Could I get a tester invite please?

[illfixthislater]

I'd like to test Texas holder if you're still taking testers.

[0rangeUGl4d]

Would love to test this one!

[frankenStain]

sadly I'm not allowed to volunteer, but AWESOME that we have poker now !

[ViolentSilence]

Does adding a gambling game affect the user base of the website? At the moment, all the games are family friendly, and there is no mechanism to gamble on here, while poker doesn't work as well without real stakes. I'm fine with more games being added generally, but this one feels like something that should be left for the dedicated sites

good god...

Yes, that is the problem. I don't know if you follow US politics, but a few years ago they banned sites that offered gambling (it's one of their favourite biblical sins to crack down on). With how puritanical a number of states are going, it just doesn't seem worth the effort of adding poker compared to the risk of the whole site being banned with it. The fact is, it's just not a good game when you take away the real stakes either because the player behaviours get weird.

I'm not against the game, I enjoy it when I get to play it properly, it just doesn't seem like a good fit for here