Poker Night at the Inventory, PC/Mac - £1.95

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Poker Night at the Inventory, PC/Mac - £1.95
Poker Night at the Inventory, PC/Mac - £1.95 [...]

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Publish Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:46:49 +0000

Poker Night at the Inventory, PC/Mac - £1.95

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Post by **deject** » December 7th, 2010, 16:09

I own this, it's pretty good for what it is.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » December 7th, 2010, 17:22

I don't really like poker when there's no stripping, but for this price you can't go wrong.

Post by **HereComesPete** » December 7th, 2010, 18:30

I would advise turning down the chatter to as low as it'll go in the options, otherwise you'll hear all their phrases in a half hour cycle.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » December 7th, 2010, 19:26

I'll probably just play it for half an hour, still worth it.

Post by **deject** » December 7th, 2010, 19:57

I am playing it for the treasure hunt on Steam, and getting the Heavy's gun is a pain in the ass.

Post by **FatherJack** » December 7th, 2010, 20:17

deject wrote:I am playing it for the treasure hunt on Steam, and getting the Heavy's gun is a pain in the ass.

I have all the achievements now, there's not a lot else to play it for, unless they add a super-hard mode.

I found the TF2 unlocks easier to get the further clockwise they were from you round the table as you have more opportunity to cover their play. It's balanced out by those being the better, more cautious players, though.

You can ESC out and restart a new game if getting them to put them down as collateral is pissing you off - I didn't discover this until today, when I just had the last two of those to get.

The biggest danger is someone else knocking them out, but remember this can't happen if they have more money than the rest. Play it safe, even folding to them to give them a chip lead over the others, only betting against just the others when you're sure you'll win. You have to play whenever they do, but can fold or check when they're out - don't get too greedy. Try to slowly build up a stash so you can get them all-in without breaking the bank. If you've got nothing you can usually scare off anyone except Max with an audacious all-in - the AI doesn't seem to analyse your betting patterns as some do.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » December 8th, 2010, 10:02

I managed over 30 mins and discovered I'm very bad at poker.

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » December 8th, 2010, 11:09

I played 10 mins and discovered IT'S very bad at poker.

Post by **deject** » December 8th, 2010, 14:53

I did get the Iron Curtain yesterday without a massive amount of effort.

It's pretty easy to figure out all the play styles, yeah. Max bluffs like mad and goes all-in with nothing without much provocation. On the other side, Tycho plays like a pussy, he only really bets when he's got good stuff, but you can bluff him pretty easy on the turn or river and bleed his chips.

The other two are a progression from one extreme to the other, as you'd expect based on position.

Other things I've noticed:

Going all-in pre-flop on the first hand is a great way to get a $300 edge at the start. Unless your hand is good enough to play and you think you can win the pot, just go all in and they'll fold to you. I tried one time just going all-in on every hand pre-flop and that didn't work out to well for me.

The HWG folds really easily so if you want him to stay in you can't raise it too much or too fast.

Strong Bad is the hardest for me to beat just because of the way I like to play.

Tycho is totally out of place and his lines are not as funny as the other guys' lines. Max is awesome.