Are the Poker Night games rigged?

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Are the Poker Night games rigged?
Posted On: February 7, 2023

I've played poker in real life and I've played Poker Night at the Inventory (but not Poker Night 2).


I have the feeling that the Poker Night engine manipulates the deck to give players a more interesting game experience. I'll come right out and admit that I base this entirely on subjective evidence, but it seems like when I'm betting big and hoping for a miracle to come along on the last card, I'm more likely to get it in Poker Night than I am to get it with a real deck of cards.


Is this just luck or do the Poker Night games cheat to make things more dramatic?


Question from user Steve V. at gaming.stackexchange.com.


Answer:

Poker Night and Poker Night 2 are not rigged.


Jake Rodkin of Telltale Games said:.


It's not cheating. The game has no motivation to cheat! Why would we.


write cheating code into a game which is only fun when it's authentic?


There's no money on the line, only unlocks which we want you to have.


No cheating, I promise.


Mike Stemmie of Telltale Games also said:.


Speaking as someone who waded through much more of the poker code than.


our lead programmer was probably comfortable with, I can say this with.


a nigh-absolute degree of certainty: The amount of extra work that.


would be required to make the the game cheat (even a little bit).


would've prohibitively annoying.


And like Jake said, cheating would gain us nothing.


Mike "Winners Never Cheat" Stemmle.


Answer from user Steve V. at gaming.stackexchange.com.



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Are the Poker Night games rigged?
Posted On: February 7, 2023

I've played poker in real life and I've played Poker Night at the Inventory (but not Poker Night 2).


I have the feeling that the Poker Night engine manipulates the deck to give players a more interesting game experience. I'll come right out and admit that I base this entirely on subjective evidence, but it seems like when I'm betting big and hoping for a miracle to come along on the last card, I'm more likely to get it in Poker Night than I am to get it with a real deck of cards.


Is this just luck or do the Poker Night games cheat to make things more dramatic?


Question from user Steve V. at gaming.stackexchange.com.


Answer:

Poker Night and Poker Night 2 are not rigged.


Jake Rodkin of Telltale Games said:.


It's not cheating. The game has no motivation to cheat! Why would we.


write cheating code into a game which is only fun when it's authentic?


There's no money on the line, only unlocks which we want you to have.


No cheating, I promise.


Mike Stemmie of Telltale Games also said:.


Speaking as someone who waded through much more of the poker code than.


our lead programmer was probably comfortable with, I can say this with.


a nigh-absolute degree of certainty: The amount of extra work that.


would be required to make the the game cheat (even a little bit).


would've prohibitively annoying.


And like Jake said, cheating would gain us nothing.


Mike "Winners Never Cheat" Stemmle.


Answer from user Steve V. at gaming.stackexchange.com.



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