Poker - No Download Five Card Draw Game

First off, I want to apologize as I just realized my sudden switch of the blog theme caused the embedded PokerListings video in the previous post to not be completely visible. Anyway, if it's too anoying, simply head over to their own video archive and find the video on their site.

Now, let's get on to this post!

As we're approaching Christmas, what could possibly be better than getting to know a no download poker game for the most commonly played variant of the game at American kitchen tables all over the country - 5 Card Draw poker? Perhaps 5 Card Draw with a weird, Japanese twist to it?

Or, uh, perhaps that wasn't all too Christmas-y. Well, anyway I've taken the time to review yet another play-money poker flash game, and this one is - simply enough - just called Poker.



Gameplay is fairly simplistic, with the classic rules that every American citizen probably knows by heart. The "cute" anime blobs with angry poker faces that represent you and the three computer opponents get through a basic game with few options to let you screw anything up. However, it was a tiny bit confusing at first - I didn't realize I'd have to click the chips themselves to up the bets but rather only called by pushing the "Bet" and "Next ->" buttons. Also worth mentioning is that they've managed to not get that it's called folding, but instead there's a "Drop" button.

These things don't really affect the gameplay, though. After you've gotten a hang of it, it's a decent game. The AI isn't too bright, so to new players this could be good practice before trying out any real-money poker.

On the downside, the sounds are horribly annoying, so I'd suggest you play this with the sound muted.