I've taken to playing a lot of the Texas Hold'em game you can download from the Xbox Live dashboard, because I happen to have an Xbox in the bedroom, and its convenient. However, I find its pretty easy to fall asleep in the middle of a game, which never works out in my favor.
Early on after its release, I often times would start a game, and then almost immediately be announced the winner, and rake in some cash. I didn't question it, because, well, why would I?
After awhile, it seems that the Xbox Gods became aware that this was happening, and one day I just happened to have a lot less money. Oh well, I didn't earn it to begin with anyway, so no big deal. So I kept playing, because in order to get an achievement, I have to beat every tournament type in the game. Here's the break down.
Tournament
| Buy-in
| 1st Place
| Invitational
| Free
| $2000
| Regional
| $4000
| $16,000
| National
| $50,000
| $80,000
| ???
| $1,000,000?
| $Alottaloot
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So, in order to get into a regional, you need to win two invitationals at least, and then in order to get into a national, you've got to win a few regionals. I played quite a few games, and finally got my bank roll up to $53,000, just enough to get into my first National.
I started the game. It was risky, so I had to play tight because if I didn't place in the top 3 I'd be practically starting from scratch. So, the game starts, and the first hand is in progress. Right around the time the turn was thrown down, I get dropped from the game, and it tells me I've finished in 8th place. (There are only 8 players).
NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
All that time spent building up my bank roll, and I don't even get a fair shot at it. Screw you Xbox Poker!
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