Poker Showdown: Wild West Duel 17+

At first I was surprised that the poker element of this game didn’t work like standard five-card draw, but once I played a few duels, I came to really appreciate the engaging system of building a poker hand, taking risks, and doubling down with abilities.

The progression has been really smooth with challenges that I have to work hard to overcome but never feel impossible. There are ads, but they come at a reasonable rate. (As others have said, I would happily pay a premium price to remove ads!)

Poker Showdown keeps me coming back multiple times a day, and it’s been a long time since a free-to-play game has done that.

Thanks a lot for the awesome review! Really glad you are enjoying the game.
We are looking into a system to remove ads. Stay tuned!

I was enjoying playing this game through the first two stages of the story missions, I even paid a few dollars to gain resources, and do upgrades, but then I noticed that there was a significant change in the odds of landing winning point hands. So I started capturing every card played and hands for a little more than three hundred hands. Guess what, the more you advance in the story missions, the more videos you have to watch or the more you have to buy. Why? Because your statistically going to have high card and pair hands after the first ten milestones of the third stage or area. Also your hit points and health will be about 1/3 of the AI opponent and your bullet count unless purchased up will not be enough to complete the stage without purchases or watching a hundred add videos. My suggestion find a fair poker game, not this one. I emailed support and they swear they have a random card generator, but facts are facts and the patterns are there.

Sorry to hear you are finding the game too much of a pay-to-play game.
As mentioned, the game uses a true random card generator based on a real poker card deck to deal the cards. Compare to a classic Poker game, there are ways to increase the chances of getting a strong hand by either using the Wildcard or using specific character abilities.
In terms of difficulty, try regularly upgrading your attack and health in order to keep up with the AI opponents.
Hope this will help you progress and change your mind about the game.

At first I wasn’t exactly sure what this game was about. That’s a great thing actually, as it isn’t like any other game I’ve played at least. This is fun, pick up and play, kill some time and some bad guys???
After the first few games I got a feel for it and figured out how most of the mechanics work and this game came into its own. It is well worth the download and it will be in my front page of games for a long time.
The games difficultly ramps up way to fast. Clearing the second level was ridiculously difficult if not for very lucky cards I couldn’t have beaten the boss. I don’t feel like my strength is scaling any where near as quickly as the enemies are.

Thanks for the awesome feedback and the 5-star rating.
Glad you are enjoying the game.