Xbox 360 early adopters everywhere were thrilled when Microsoft announced a free, 48-hour download window for Xbox Live Arcade's Texas Hold 'Em Poker. They were less than thrilled when the actual game turned out to be a slow-paced, cheating-riddled, broken mess of a poker game. Oh, well, you get what you pay for, right?Apparently not. Tomorrow, Microsoft will be uploading a free update for the game that fixes many of the problems that have plagued would-be betters. The most important fix by far is the elimination of some well-known cheating methods and an accompanying leaderboard reset "to eliminate inflated scores as a result of these exploits." Other new features include improved matchmaking and interface, prettied up in-game art, and general speed enhancements.
Will the update be enough to transform Texas Hold 'Em Poker from an unplayable mess into a playable, um, non-mess? We'll find out along with you when the patch is release at 4 a.m. Eastern tomorrow morning.


















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BASTARDS RUIN THIS GAME, HAH HAH, I DON'T THINK SO, BLIND THIS!!!
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are you seriously as big of a dumbass as you seem? your vocabulary skills are overwhelming (crap) and yeah, linux has been out for how long (early to mid 90s) and hasn't done anything? HAHA
you're just pissed cause you're on the losing side of an imgainary war that you created for yourself. that must really mess your head. go back to your parents basement hack.
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And last time I checked, any one person at Microsoft's little finger has more intelligence than you or the inevitable future genetations of your bloodline.
"I heard they teached the 9/11 hijackers how to drive a plane"
Go back to school kid.
Behold, the demographic that Sony appeals to.
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9/11 changed this world for the worst forever, you need to think before you put something on the internet like that statement. #11 to joke about the biggest tragedy in the history of our great country is not cool, period.
9/11/01 NEVER FORGET
A PROUD NEW YORKER WHO KNEW TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT DIED THAT DAY.........
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For some reason "Does this mean no other XBLA release then?" doesn't seem like a flamer comment.
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sucks to be #3 now
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And friggin idle players ruined quite a few matches.
Hopefully no other cheats pop up. This is the best wed xbla release I could have hoped for
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Look forward to the great hair spray battle of 2008, and the eventual marginalizing of every Final Fantasy protagonist.
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