Poker Utterly Rigged

[PapaCrazy]

The poker games are a joke. I get nothing but unmatched low cards, with community cards I can't do squat with while NPCs are rolling out royal flushes and straights. Why does Rockstar feel the need to take such overt control over everything, intruding on the open world with their little petty annoyances? Like many things in this game, the scripting for the gambling is frustratingly contrived. I feel like its trolling me. It's like when Arthur gets worn out in gun battles and the camera starts floating all over the place like he's drunk. How does that help immersion? I love this game, but I think they went out of control with the scripting. So often feel like the developers are trolling me.

[Ten Bears]

~The Gambler~
You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done

Eh, single player doesn't really even matter, you're not even in the game... Get in the game.

[PapaCrazy]

I have the same feeling about multiplayer... I'm there for Arthur and the story. That's the game to me.

I enjoyed the poem, but in Red Dead "know when to run" is the most applicable strategy. I do lots of folding. And the payoff for that is if I do get a decent hand on a blue moon, the NPCs know it and fold out as soon as I raise.

[AREA-57]

Originally posted by PapaCrazy:

I have the same feeling about multiplayer... I'm there for Arthur and the story. That's the game to me.

Same here. The story has sucked me in, but there are many annoyances as well.

[Akko Chan]

from my single player experience playing Poker it's actually pretty balanced. Usually it will wind up with 1-2 players out of 6 having amazing hands, another 2 having "ok" hands and the last 2 having nothing.

You actually, just need to learn how to play poker and pay attention to the draw. if you have an "ok" hand, chances are somebody else has a very good hand.

Also pay attention to how people bet too. if you bet too high people will fold, the game goes against you. NPC's will put in suspiciously high bets every now and then. Watch out for those. They may also keep betting low, slowly chipping away at your, well, chips. Encouraging you to keep going, rather than folding.

[PapaCrazy]

Well, I finally won some hands at the Bastille. Not because of a strong hand, but because I called the NPCs bluffing on weaker ones.

There's one guy in there specifically... with the grey hat. He acts like a real bigshot whenever he raises. Talking about his deep pockets or whatever. I feel like he's cheating. I was so close to blowing him away with duel wield shotguns before I won that big hand. Lucky for him he lost.

[ʥ]

"Truth is...the game was rigged from the start".

Benny.