I'm sure we were all a tad suprised there will be no poker games in Fallout: New Vegas. I think it's understandable though considering everything else they're putting in the game.
I would really enjoy seeing this in-game myself. I think it would be great if they added as part of a DLC.

Who is with me?

mmmm, I thought poker was in?

"The mini-games include: blackjack, slots and roulette. Sadly, no poker was included and it was done so for unspecified reasons."

http://pc.gamezone.com/previews/item/fallout_new_vegas_preview/

Maybe because they spent all their card-game-coding time on Caravan? Only thing that comes to my mind right off. :shrug:

I think the reason they didn't add poker was just that game-wise
its a little harder to put in the game as opposed to blackjack, slots, and roulette

I would like to see poker in New Vegas but I'm not that dissapointed with it not being there either.

I agree with you there paragon.

This is also just a guess. But I don't think Poker was as big a deal in 1950s style vegas than today's vegas.

I'm rather :shrug: when it comes to poker, I'd rather have an old bowling alley and darts and pool games.

I voted yes, however I think the gambling part is more of a side feature. It would of course be nice to have it, but it probably requires a lot more programming than the other known three games included.

I'm just glad they didn't feel the need to insert Texas Hold-em. I'm so bored of that variant.

I would rather have poker than caravan and that other game they said they had.

.. because Poker has jumped the shark.

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/original/Fonzie_jumps_the_shark%5B4%5D3.png

Wait, they have another gambling game besides Caravan?

No poker? Poker is like the heart of Vegas!!!

I thought I heard somewhere that they did in fact have another game besides Caravan that is unique to the Fallout universe. Some game were you play a robot, they said it was like Blackjack.

http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56010

Do you play against a robot? I remember distinctively from a preview they said one of the games you play against a robot and that you lose most of the time.

A robot?
...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3gcH85xrAE

Texas Hold'em wasn't a popular variant either in the Vegas whose time period and style New Vegas is emulating, but I would like to have seen poker make the game in some fashion. I'm awful at roulette, slots (haha, as if skill has anything to do with ti), and though I'm pretty good at Blackjack, I never get anywhere near the returns I do when playing Poker. Draw Poker was played in Vegas during the 1950s, so they could have included that. Probably would have been easier to program as well.

Poker is great for tension between NPC characters, as everyone would be playing against each other. Blackjack is tame by comparison. Everyone is against the house. How fun would it have been to play poker with some NPCs, lose everything, and then trail the winner to a dark alley and mug him for the cash or pick his pockets? Or turn it around - you cleaned everyone out, and later that night are confronted by the group in a secluded location, where they demand their money back. A fight could ensue, or you could talk them down, barter with them to only give half back, convince them you weren't cheating, etc. etc.

As it stands, all you have to worry about is the house. I do hope we have the chance to try and cheat . . . "We need you to come with us, sir."

WHAT!?

I thought it was.
Well, I can tell you whats a must now. I see no reason for it not to be.

Isn't is Ironic that you get poker chips as part of the CE?
And the main casino's icon is a Poker chip?

Maybe they use all the poker chips as currency, and there's not enough to play the game with? I dunno. I'm not happy about not having poker in the game. Seriously - poker is my favourite card game.

the caravan game is poker basically i heard

really? thats my favorite kind. :shrug:

I'm one of the few who voted no. Poker is such a dull and overused game. I'd rather see some dicebased games like Craps.

Not even close. Not even remotely close. Poker is not in the game. NOT in the game. Or maybe it is.