About THETA Poker

“Theta Poker is the best Texas Hold’em game available for the iPhone OS, hands down.” — 148Apps

“This poker program on the iPhone is really good.” “Gameplay, two thumbs up!” — Rob Walch, Today in iPhone Podcast

“[Takes] computerised poker to new levels of artificial intelligence” — Spanner Spencer, Pocket Gamer UK

 

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Play No-Limit Texas Hold ‘Em and improve your skills with the strongest artificial intelligence engine on your iPhone or iPod touch, a uniquely efficient betting mechanism, a sharp interface, and lots of configurable options.

Tap the deck to fold. Tap your cards to check or call. Tap your chips then tap to select one of the preconfigured standard bets. If only defeating THETA’s computer opponents were this easy. But you can shake off that bad beat by shaking your device to start a new game!

While other poker games focus on eye candy, THETA Poker was built from the ground up specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch with an emphasis on playability, playing ability, and customizability. If you prefer to spend your time watching fancy animation, you have better choices. But if you want to get better at playing Texas Hold ‘Em, THETA Poker is the game for you.

Please visit the App Store to check out THETA Poker.

Highly recommended by the TODAY in iPhone podcast (October 1, 2008)!  Read a transcript of the review.

Main Screen

Raise Landscape

Features:

  • Save your eyes with large, readable cards and your choice of playing card designs.
  • Pick your preferences: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced AI; Landscape or Portrait; 2 to 10 players per table; Tournament or Ring Game, and sixteen other settings with over 50 total choices.
  • Enjoy your own music, real gaming sounds, both, or neither.
  • Compete against computer opponents who evaluate hand strength, position, and opponent styles to execute blind steals, slowplays, checkraises, continuation bets, short-stack handling, and bluffs.
  • Learn from the extensive help section, including advice for players of all skill levels.

News:

  • Saturday, January 3, 2009: THETA Poker 1.1.2 is now available in the App Store. This free update also fixes a problem where the blinds would stop escalating too soon and a problem where a player who does not have enough chips to post the ante would be handled incorrectly.
  • Monday, December 15, 2008: Version 1.1.2, which allows you to hide the drag rectangle in the center of the table until it’s highlighted and fixes a bug preventing winning a tournament by knocking out two opponents on the final hand, has just been submitted to Apple.
  • Friday, November 28, 2008: THETA Poker 1.1.1 is now available in the App Store. This is a free update (as always) for all users.
  • Monday, November 24, 2008: App Store Apps review gives THETA Poker 1.1 four stars for usability, graphics, and functionality.
  • Monday, November 24, 2008: Version 1.1.1, which fixes a crashing problem or “Unknown error” message when using antes, has just been submitted to Apple.
  • Sunday, November 9, 2008: Version 1.1.0 is now available in the App Store! The images in the App Store do *not* appear to have been modified yet, but if you download the update, you will get the new graphics.
  • Friday, November 7, 2008: Version 1.1.0, with new, professionally drawn graphics, has just been submitted to Apple (see screenshots above). Hopefully, they will approve the release quickly, so stay tuned!
  • Sunday, October 12, 2008: iFones review.
  • Saturday, October 11, 2008: Four stars on 148 Apps.
  • Friday, October 3, 2008: Three minute THETA Poker review in the October 1 episode of the TODAY in iPhone podcast. Review runs from 13:18 to 16:15 and highly recommends the game.
  • Friday, October 3, 2008: AppCraver interview.
  • Wednesday, October 1, 2008: Pocket Gamer review.
  • Wednesday, October 1, 2008: Recommended by iPhone Application List.
  • Monday, September 29, 2008: THETA Poker 1.0.0 is now available in the App Store!