CGOTW: Poker Stacker

February 12th, 2009

I enjoy playing the occasional game of poker, but truth be told, I’m not very good at it. I am, however, quite good at puzzle games. Poker Stacker allows me to scratch the poker itch in the form of a puzzle game. The object of the game is to make the best winning hand you can in each row. Losing hands will get grayed out, but remain on the screen, and winning hands will be cleared from the screen. If you get a three of a kind or better, you will clear the winning row, and (depending on the hand) one or more additional rows below it. The rules seem pretty simple, but it’s actually surprisingly difficult to build up a series of good hands. I very seldom got a full house or a flush. More often than not, the best hand I was able to get in a row was two pairs.

If you enjoy poker and puzzle games, Poker Stacker is a must have. It’s available on the XBLM for 200 Microsoft points.

-Mike Kurz