TEXAS HOLD’EM: Deal Me In!

[Lucy Tania]

Why? Spend the resources improving the quality of the games you have instead making such a redundant offering.

[Frosti_Austi]

Layout is bad. Communal cards (flop) should be horizontal. Why do we have to crane our necks to see the numbers? Also, all the cards (river) should be displayed on the same screen. I shouldn't have to scroll down to see the 4th and 5th card. Just common sense. Won't play this rendition until it's fixed. Thanks for putting in the chest though!

[ElloryQueen]

Very disappointing to see this type of game here. It's called BOARD game arena. Yes, there are other card games available, but games like this are meant for gambling, not just to have fun and relax like most of the others. Not on brand at all.

If you don't think poker is fun, then don't play it. There are plenty of other games to play and enjoy. I like that there are card games here that I can play along with board games to have a variety of table top fun!

[FDHenneberg]

Why? Spend the resources improving the quality of the games you have instead making such a redundant offering.

I might agree if this was the way BGA works. At least all newer games aren’t developed by BGA people, but by volunteer or freelance developers, the latter being paid not by BGA, but by the publisher. As there is obviously no one willing to pay for developing Texas Hold’em, we can be quite sure that this is the work of a volunteer dev. So nobody really gains anything if this wasn’t on BGA.

Regrading comments about gambling: We’ve got Koi Koi and Go Stop on BGA for ages. These look way nicer than poker and at least to me, are way more fun, but it’s classical gambling stuff as well. Bluffing is a part of many board games, as is auctioning.

[Mathew5000]

Seems like this game spent five years in alpha and beta. It's a poor implementation and as far as I can tell, none of the feedback in the following forum thread was taken into account before bringing this game out of beta: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34601

[soniaag87]

Very disappointing to see this type of game here. There’s plenty of better places to play this sort of game.

[Lucy Tania]

Why? Spend the resources improving the quality of the games you have instead making such a redundant offering.

I might agree if this was the way BGA works. At least all newer games aren’t developed by BGA people, but by volunteer or freelance developers, the latter being paid not by BGA, but by the publisher. As there is obviously no one willing to pay for developing Texas Hold’em, we can be quite sure that this is the work of a volunteer dev. So nobody really gains anything if this wasn’t on BGA.

Regrading comments about gambling: We’ve got Koi Koi and Go Stop on BGA for ages. These look way nicer than poker and at least to me, are way more fun, but it’s classical gambling stuff as well. Bluffing is a part of many board games, as is auctioning.

Yes, but this is why BGA sucks. Owners lean on volunteerism and take 0 responsibility for quality

[FDHenneberg]

Yes, but this is why BGA sucks. Owners lean on volunteerism and take 0 responsibility for quality

While I’d never see or word it the way you do, I see that a lot of things aren’t optimal on BGA. Some of them, like releasing a game that apparently (didn’t check that myself) still has several known bugs, can and should be criticized no matter what, but I think everyone should take into account that the general approach with a mix of development paid for by the publishers and development by volunteers is what makes free accounts possible and what keeps fees for premium at a level that I consider an absolute bargain.

[Meeplelowda]

Seems like this game spent five years in alpha and beta. It's a poor implementation and as far as I can tell, none of the feedback in the following forum thread was taken into account before bringing this game out of beta: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34601

I just read that entire thread. It seems that not only did the dev not know the game well enough to understand why certain requests were essential, but also the same applies to whoever made the decision to move it out of beta.

[m0d0]

Poker without real money is not Poker at all. Betting without any real consequences is not the same game... Does not make sense to play it here.

I hate gambling, but like poker. Sounds perfect, to me!