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Comment on Poker Academy Texas Holdem 2.0 Professional by samarama "Sam"

samarama "Sam" — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:08:39 +0000

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

Great app & great support, January 17, 2006

This review is from: Poker Academy Texas Holdem 2.0 Professional (CD-ROM)

If you ever want to improve your texas holde'm skills, this app is worth every dollar! I have used it for the last 3 months and it has helped my game a lot.

The support is also very very good. They are always responsive and always there via the forums. Would strongly recommend to anyone who wants to improve his or her game.

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Comment on Poker Academy Texas Holdem 2.0 Professional by UncleTrick

UncleTrick — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:34:56 +0000

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

The best Texas Hold'em Software Available, January 17, 2006

UncleTrick (Las Vegas, NV.) -

This review is from: Poker Academy Texas Holdem 2.0 Professional (CD-ROM)

First, the review POKER PETE is totally wrong. You can re-install Poker Academy Pro as needed. You just have to contact their support department. They are responsive, but some people have their spam settings set too high and don't get the responses. Check the forums for additional help. Now for the review...

I've been playing poker since I was a kid. Over the years I have bought just about every piece of poker software that came along. Many of them were good, but they always seemed to be lacking something and/or they were too easy to beat.

Then I found Poker-Academy and that changed everything. This software has tough artificial intelligence and adapts to your play. While you're trying to figure out how it plays, IT tries to figure out how YOU play!

This version (version 2) has many improvements over the last version (including online play on PA's poker community) and it's a bargain at twice the asking price.

If you are a serious student of Texas Hold'em, get this software.

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Comment on Poker Academy Texas Holdem 2.0 Professional by Chips Raptor "ROAAARRRRRRRRR"

Chips Raptor "ROAAARRRRRRRRR" — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:30:09 +0000

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

I shouldn't say this product is a must..., January 18, 2006

Chips Raptor "ROAAARRRRRRRRR" (Switzerland) -

This review is from: Poker Academy Texas Holdem 2.0 Professional (CD-ROM)

...because the more people will use it and practice with its simulator or playing online against the other Poker Academy owners, the stronger they all will become, and the more difficult it will be for me to catch money on real money tables !

So please, don't buy it, and if you do, don't use it !

And if you use it despite everything, please never talk about it to other players ! This software is too effective to be known by everybody !

So now, please, close your broeser window, clear your browser's history and forget all what you learnt here.

Thank you !
Chips Raptor, online Hold'em poker player from Switzerland, using
PA since october 2005.

PS: This is probably why Poker Pete wrote a so unfair and completely wrong review (the support is excellent !) But Pete is clever, and he understood that each new buyer of this product will become a competitor difficult to beat... So believe him and don't buy it !

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Comment on Poker’s Strangest Hands: Extraordinary but True Stories by K.C.

K.C. — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:13:33 +0000

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Good bathroom reading for the poker enthusiast., October 6, 2008

K.C. (San Diego, California) -

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This review is from: Poker's Strangest Hands: Extraordinary but True Stories (Paperback)

This book presents a chronology of interesting poker stories and events from 1808 to the present day. The description of each of these items is comprised of only 1 or 2 pages. Thus, the title for this review.
Some of these stories are more interesting than others and the text should probably be edited for American readers. (The author is apparently from the "other side of the pond".) However, the author actually does an excellent job of tracing the history of poker in America.

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Comment on GUN by Triple A "Aaron"

Triple A "Aaron" — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:20:58 +0000

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Fun, but to plain, November 12, 2005

Triple A "Aaron" (Fresno Ca, USA) -

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This review is from: GUN (Video Game)

Before this game came out I thought it would be one of the best games of all time. I'm not saying this game is bad, it's just not what I was hopeing for. The gameplay is pretty simple. The levels pretty much just killing whoever the enemy in the area is, moving explosive barrels, tracking a bad guy...those I'm fine with. The story based missions are okay, very well written. The side missions that you do to gain more stats, to me, are stupid. Just the same variation of the same mission over and over. The Pony Express missions pretty much are just picking something up and dropping it off to someone else. The item usually changes, but other than that, just catching a bad guy from a wanted poster.
Graphics aren't bad. The cut scenes are pretty good. Just looks like your normal X-Box game graphics. The controls are easy to learn.
Overall I think the game is pretty fun, but too repetitive. You'd be glad you rented it and didn't buy it, but it's worth the rental just to see if it's your thing.

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Comment on GUN by Lisa Shea "LisaShea.com"

Lisa Shea "LisaShea.com" — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:03:50 +0000

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

Good Fun in the Old West, November 14, 2005

Lisa Shea "LisaShea.com" -

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This review is from: GUN (Video Game)

Gun for the XBox lets you become Colton White, the 20-something gunslinger who is out to avenge his father while tracking down a mysterious object.

In essence this is an action-RPG with you moving from mission to mission, learning more as you go, gaining skills and new weapons. Most missions involve shooting down waves of bad guys with your rifle or revolvers. There are numerous side missions, from pony-express relays to poker playing and tracking down wanted men.

The game is pretty typical of its genre. Pony express missions involve "go here! No, go there! Wait, go to a third spot!" within a time limit. Hunt-and-find missions abound. The plot is also pretty standard. You start with Colton and his "dad" out tracking some game. "Dad won't last more than one mission," says I. Sure enough, in the very next area he's slain. Life was cheap in the Old West.

The graphics are sort of a mixed bag. On one hand they don't look "stunning" in some parts, at least as high-quality as you've come to expect from recent XBox releases. On the other hand, sometimes when you're riding your horse across the desert and the sun is setting behind rock formations, it is simply *gorgeous*. I also have to comment that the horse movements are really nicely done. The way the horse's muscles move and the various gaits are right on.

The sound is reasonable. The voice acting isn't bad, and beyond that you just get the shot noises from the various guns. It's not in your face, but really it doesn't need to be. Being in the west was about being in a vast landscape with silence around you.

There were a few glitches with the game. If bad guys were up on the second floor of a building, you could often see their shadows *through the floor* to know where they were. Also, the red dots on the mini-map to point out enemies was nice, but it also gave you a sort of xray vision to pinpoint their locations even if you couldn't visually see them.

I know this is a mature title, but I found the excess of blood spurting and obscene language to be a bit much. This was the Old West, and yes, there was blood. It doesn't need to rain across the entire screen. Yes, they were cussers. But the language they used back then would have been different than some of what they say in the game. I'd much rather have had authentic badmouthing than to have them use some of the nasty phrases the game features.

That all being said, I did have a lot of fun playing this, even if at times it felt a bit like I was Link riding all over Hyrule doing my various quests. We'll have to see what Gun for the XBox 360 is like next!

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Comment on The Wanderers by Vincent Tesi "Vinny"

Vincent Tesi "Vinny" — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:05:43 +0000

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

One of the Sleeper Films of 1979, April 28, 2000

Vincent Tesi "Vinny" (Brick, New Jersey) -

This review is from: Wanderers [VHS] (VHS Tape)

For anyone that thinks that the Wanderers is just another nostalgic film about New York City street gangs in the 1950's, they are wrong. One has to carefully unravel the social undercurrents that stream below the surface of a seemingly insignificant story about a group of Bronx teenagers called the Wanderers. William Andrews is cleverly cast as the dominating Emilio; the insecure father of Wanderer member Joey. Joey is a bright, artistic teen who cannot fill the blue collar, tough guy pretense that his father hopes will keep him trapped in tenament obscurity. Middle aged Emilio hides his social inadequacies by lifting weights and entering amatuer body building contests in hopes of finally beating "the Greek", his unknown nemesis. Emilio's wife (Olympia Dukakis) can only ponder younger days while smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee in her housecoat. She is hopelessly content, just like many of the second generation Italian and Greek women that settled in the Bronx with their families in the 1950's. She is not happy, neither is Emilio who only finds temporary bliss when he sleeps with the alcoholic widow who lives down the hall. These are unfulfilled adults who live together, eat together, and sleep together, but cannot tear themselves away from their shallow lifestyle. The Wanderers, full of energy, youth, and bravado do; well some of them anyway. The Wanderers led by Richie (Ken Wahl) are about to cross the threshold into manhood. Highschool graduation looms near and lower class European immigrants in N.Y.C. had few career choices in the late 50's and early 60's. Most teens married early and rooted themselves in jobs provided by friends or family. Throughout the film's progression Joey and Richie slowly begin to realize their plight, while also becoming aware of a powerful unconventional cultural change that is creeping into the seemingly stable structure of post World War II America. Karen Allen in one of her better film performances represents the tide of change that is about to arrive. Nina, pretty, educated,independent, and daring is no close minded, gum snapping girl of the 50's. Nina embodies a multi-dimensional free spirit; she doesn't need a red jacket with a gang name emblazoned on the back to make her social statment. She is everything that Richie and Joey's mom will never be. When Joey falls for Nina after Richie and the gang harass her on a street corner, pathos sets in because Richie's handsome looks attracts Nina's attention. Maybe Nina feels that she can lure Richie into her bohemian lifestyle. In one of the most culturally dichotomous scenes ever captured on film, Richie with his slicked backed DA haircut and gang jacket peers through the window of a smokey coffeehouse focusing in on Nina immersed in conversation with other educated rebels. No coffeehouse dialogue is heard, none is needed, only the lyrics of Dylan's "The Times They Are A Changing" portends the future. Friendships are destroyed, group members flee, others stay trapped in the conventional lifestyle that has been planned for them. One of the most disturbing additions in the film is the inclusion of the gang the Duckie Boys. They appear in smokey, dark, slow motion frames. They never speak and their presence is mystifying. They appear, disappear, and then re-appear. Who or what do they represent? Theories abound from their symbolic representation of the impending Viet Cong menace, to the aborhant treatment of the mentally retarded. Until recently mentally handicapped people were considered outcasts of society by all races. Maybe this is why all the racially segregated gangs join together in the confrontation with the Duckie Boys. Homosexuality is treated and exposed in a bizarre way during the film. The Baldies are easily distinguished by their clean shaven domes, yet in the transitional period from the 50's to the 60's few homosexuals were ready to come out of the closet. The character Terror is the most intimidating Baldi, 300 pounds of presence who is broken down by a pint sized girl who wishes she was a boy so their relationship can be consummated. On a final note, Tony Ganios, who became famous in the role of Meat in the Porky flicks makes his film debut in the Wanderers. His character is not allowed much latitude, but his sheer presence as the tough heavy loner is memorable. LEAVE THE KID ALONE !

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Comment on The Wanderers by P. Ferrigno "firehouse444"

P. Ferrigno "firehouse444" — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:58:10 +0000

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

The original Boys from the Bronx........, October 18, 2000

P. Ferrigno "firehouse444" (Melbourne, Victoria Australia) -

This review is from: Wanderers [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"The Wanderers" is a class act and a stylish movie that has a brassy toughness to it that is both infectious and moving. It was probably overshadowed on it's release by the other gang movie of 1979 "The Warriors", but "The Wanderers" easily holds an equal footing as an excellent period piece of working class lives in 1963. The film centres around the lives of a gang of young boys in the Bronx in mid 1963 coming to terms with friendships, school, girls and other gangs. Ken Wahl ( a promising actor who for some reason never quite made it to the big time !! ) plays a great lead as the smooth talking and charismatic, Richie, the leader of the Wanderers. Richie is struggling to maintain his gangs strength and position in the local neighbourhood as well as juggling his many relationships with different girlfriends. He meets a young and attractive Karen Allen whilst out on the streets with his buddies, and from there another relationship develops. Allen plays her role with style, and even though Allen is not a great beauty, she has that unmistakable feminine charm, especially when that wonderful smile lights up her face.

What makes the movie all the more interesting is the way it goes behind the scenes into the home lives and the hopes, fears and dreams of some of the gang members. We see Joey's artistic talents put down by his fearsome, aggressive father...we see Turkey struggle with his own identity within the different gangs...and we see Richie forced to take responsibility for his actions near the film's conclusion. Backing the movie up, is a dynamite soundtrack containing some top numbers including "Stand by Me", "Runaraound Sue", "Soldier Boy" & of course "The Wanderer" !!

A movie that has charm & talent, and stands up to repeated viewings with ease...if you haven't seen it already....catch up with "The Wanderers" soon !!

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Comment on The Wanderers by Tim Janson

Tim Janson — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:09:38 +0000

38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

1960'S ERA CULT CLASSIC, February 28, 2005

Tim Janson (Michigan) -

This review is from: The Wanderers (DVD)

The Wanderers is many things...an urban gang drama, juvenile comedy, changing of the times study and more. It works on all these levels and has become a certified cult classic. At it's core, the Wanderers is about the final death of the innocence of the 1950's. The Wanderers are an Italian gang in NY, still clinging to the last vestiges of the 1950's with their matching satin jackets and grease-backed hair. Early on several members run afoul of another gang, the notorious 'Baldies'. The Wanderers find themselves trapped until a newcomer, the huge Perry saves them and is immediately welcomed into the gang by their leader Richie (Ken Wahl).

The various members of the Wanderers have problems to deal with on their own. Richie has gotten his girlfriend, Despie, pregnant, Perry's mother is an Alcoholic, Turkey wants to join the Baldies and Joey has an abusive father who thinks his son doesn't measure up. The Wanderers have a verbal war with a black gang, the Del Bombers, in school and decide to settle things with an old-fashioned rumble.

When the Wanderers cannot get any other gangs to back them up, Despies father (Dolph Sweet) a neighborhood mob boss steps in and decides to stop the rumble and have the gangs settle their differences with a football game instead...with a lot of mob money riding on the outcome. The game climaxes when the two gangs, along with the rest in attendance, must join together to fight "The Ducky Boys", a group of vicious, seemingly homosexuals, who have crashed the game with hundreds of members.

Mixed in with the drama and action is a liberal amount of juvenile buddy comedy as the Wanderers 'accidently' bumb into women on the street in order to touch their breasts. This is how the meet Nina (karen Allen) a bohemian girl who Richie becomes infatuated with. There there are drunken parties, games of strip poker, etc. In one memorable scene, the drunken Baldies join the marines.

Through all of this is the theme of the changing of the times. The doo-wop of the 1950's is now being replaced by folk music. A poignant scene has Richie following Nina until she enters a club where (in sound anyway) Bob Dylan is playing. Richie doesn't enter as he seems to know that it's just not his world. The film also covers the assasination of John Kennedy as the symbolic death of innocence. It is this moment the galvanizes the strained relationship between Despie and Richie.

One wishes that the Ducky Boys had been better explained. They are a creepy group of men..older than the other gangs...who never speak and were actually seen taking Holy Communion in one part where Turkey enters their turf by mistake and his killed. What were the Ducky Boys representing? It's the one mystery of the film.

The Wanderers has a fantastic soundtrack of early 1960's hits including "Soldier Boy", "Walk Like a Man", "Runaround Sue", "Shout", "Big Girls don't Cry" and of course the title track.

This is a movie that holds up still after 25 years because it works well on so many different levels. This was mostly a cast of unknowns with Karen Allen perhaps being the most notable star a year after she did 'Animal House'. An enjoyable movie from beginning to end.

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Comment on 12 no-limit holdem lessons by Shawna and Shane

Shawna and Shane — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:21:07 +0000

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

be a recreational WINNER!, September 23, 2011

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This review is from: 12 no-limit holdem lessons (Kindle Edition)

You'll want to read this book, it will get you to the level of a recreational WINNER player. For me, it was all I needed to rise from 2NL to 10NL.

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