New Assets for World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions

If your get-rich plan consists of chips, cards, and three other people with the same goals gathered around a table, then you need a secret weapon to win. World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions is like a simulation of what you’d have to do in order to cash in the chips.

You take on the character of a newly turned poker pro who’s under the wing of Chris “Jesus” Ferguson as his prot?. Your aim is to get an invite for the winner-take-all Tournament of Champions at the Rio Resort in Las Vegas. Here you’ll take on the best of the best bluffers like Scotty Nguyen, Scott Fischman, Men “The Master” Nguyen, Clonie Gowen, T.J. Cloutier, Eric Seidel, Antonio Esfandiari, Joseph Hachem, the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion and Jennifer Tilly, the Academy Award nominated actress and World Series of Poker bracelet holder. All poker action will be covered by the hilariously creative commentator team of Norman Chad and Lon McEachern.

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If your get-rich plan consists of chips, cards, and three other people with the same goals gathered around a table, then you need a secret weapon to win. World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions is like a simulation of what you’d have to do in order to cash in the chips.

You take on the character of a newly turned poker pro who’s under the wing of Chris “Jesus” Ferguson as his prot?. Your aim is to get an invite for the winner-take-all Tournament of Champions at the Rio Resort in Las Vegas. Here you’ll take on the best of the best bluffers like Scotty Nguyen, Scott Fischman, Men “The Master” Nguyen, Clonie Gowen, T.J. Cloutier, Eric Seidel, Antonio Esfandiari, Joseph Hachem, the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion and Jennifer Tilly, the Academy Award nominated actress and World Series of Poker bracelet holder. All poker action will be covered by the hilariously creative commentator team of Norman Chad and Lon McEachern.

Owners of an Xbox 360 can take the simulation aspect of this game further by using the DigiMask Technology. Using your Xbox 360 camera peripheral, you can map your likeness onto your in-game character. Definitely gives new meaning to the term poker face. Meanwhile if you prefer portability and interoperability then whip out your PSP and PS2s. If you have both, you can port your profile and career between your PSP and PS2 gaming units and not lose a beat on your collected wins. But you’re not limited to your neighbor as your opponent, take your game online with the new online features. You can even test your instincts with the side game of “Blind Man’s Bluff.”

If you’ve been paying attention with your lessons with Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, you’d have a shot at unlocking these very useful poker tools. Unlockables include the ability to instantly check your odds of hitting various hands at the pre-flop, flop, turn and river, check the ranking of your hand, and even check valuable statistics on your opponentsÂ’ styleÂ’s of play such as the percentage of flops each has seen or and percentage of pre-flop raises.

So get your game on. With a little help from the pros and a lot of practice, this could be your chance to get from rags to riches.