World Series of Poker Cheats and Tips (PS2)

What's everyone's favorite pass-time in a chilly winter afternoon? Chips and soda, poker chips and peanuts, those are the things you need to lure your friends into a poker evening. Feeling like cheapskate? No need to go shopping for peanuts, chips or soda, because you can turn on your PS2 and insert the World Series of Poker game. While many people think that poker is one of those games whose real life version is the best, you should know that most of the poker players do that online. It's luck and jeopardy, or just a good ability of reading into people's minds. It could be Math, if you're the kind of guy that calculates behind his black shades. Try the cheats if you think that some of your poker friends are too good for you:

Unlocking the pros in Edit Player mode
The following pros are available in Edit Player mode by doing the following:

Scotty Nguyen- Knock Scotty Nguyen out of a WSOP event

Men "The Master" Nguyen - Knock Men Nguyen out of a WSOP event

Darrel Dicken - Knock Darrel Dicken out of a WSOP event

Jim Meehan - Knock Jim Meehan out of a WSOP event

Chris "Jesus" Ferguson - Knock Chris Ferguson out of a WSOP event

Beth Fischman - Knock Beth Fischman out of a WSOP event

Chip Jett - Knock Chip Jett out of a WSOP event

John Phan- Knock John Phan out of a WSOP event

Max Pescatori- Knock Max Pescatori out of a WSOP event

Carrie Lew - Knock Carrie Lew out of a WSOP event

Edward Moncada- Knock Edward Moncada out of a WSOP event

Dennis Waterman- Knock Dennis Waterman out of a WSOP event

Obtaining Collector Chips
To receive all the Collector Chips in the game, you must do a variety of tasks.

Poker Hands - Pair Win a hand with a pair.

Poker Hands - Two Pair Win a hand with two pair.

Poker Hands - Three of a Kind Win a hand with a three of a kind.

Poker Hands - Straight Win a hand with a straight.

Poker Hands - Flush Win a hand with a flush.

Poker Hands - Full House Win a hand with a full house.

Poker Hands - Four of a Kind Win a hand with a four of a kind.

Poker Hands - Straight Flush Win a hand with a straight flush.

Poker Hands - Royal Flush Win a hand with a royal flush.

All In & Win Hold'em Go all in and win a hand before the flop in hold'em.

All In & Win Hold'em 2 Go all in and win a hand after the flop, but before the turn, in hold'em.

All In & Win Hold'em 3 Go all in and win a hand after the turn, but before the river, in hold'em.

All In & Win Hold'em 4 Go all in a win a hand after the river in hold'em.

All In & Win Omaha Go all in and win a hand before the flop in Omaha.

All In & Win Omaha 2 Go all in and win a hand after the flop, but before the turn, in Omaha.

All In & Win Omaha 3 Go all in and win a hand after the turn, but before the river, in Omaha.

All In & Win Omaha 4 Go all in a win a hand after the river in Omaha.

Single Hand Takedowns - Two Players Knock two players out of a tournament in one hand.

Single Hand Takedowns - Three Players Knock three players out of a tournament in one hand.

Tournament Takedowns - Five Players Knock five players out of a tournament.

Tournament Takedowns - Ten Players Knock ten players out of a tournament.

Tournament Takedowns - Fifteen Players Knock fifteen players out of a tournament.

Tournament Takedowns - Twenty Players Knock twenty players out of a tournament.

Total Takedowns - 25 Players Knock 25 players out during your career.

Total Takedowns - 50 Players Knock 50 players out during your career.

Total Takedowns - 100 Players Knock 100 players out during your career.

Total Takedowns - 250 Players Knock 250 players out during your career.

Total Takedowns - 500 Players Knock 500 players out during your career.

Total Takedowns - 1000 Players Knock 1000 players out during your career.

Tips:
The objective of Poker (what all these variations are called in general) is to compose the best five-card hand. In the kind of poker included in The World Series of Poker, you'll always have more than five cards to choose from (if you stay in till the end). You play with the 52-card deck. Four each of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace. There are four suits: Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades. This means that every card is different: 2 of Clubs, 2 of Diamonds, 2 of Hearts are all different cards, even though they're all 2's. 4 of Spades, 5 of Spades, 6 of Spades are all different cards, even though they're all spades.

When referring to cards, I'll abbreviate them. The 3 of Hearts is 3H; the Queen of Diamonds is QD. For an example of Poker in general, we'll go with Straight Poker, because it's easier to understand than any of the varieties in this game. You with me so far? I've only covered the bare basics so far, so stay with me. We've got five players, labeled as Adam, Bill, Chris, Dave, and Eddie. They each get five cards. Now, how do you compose the best hand? What hand is better than the other? Here are the rankings; Royal Flush is the best, High Card is the worst. So, the lower it is, the worse it is.

ROYAL FLUSH: 10-J-Q-K-A, all of the same suit. This hand is the best you can possibly have.

STRAIGHT FLUSH: Any five cards in a row, all of the same suit. 5D-6D- 7D-8D-9D is a straight flush, but 3C-4C-5H-6C-7C isn't, because the 5 isn't a club.

FOUR OF A KIND: Four cards of the same rank. 7H-7C-7D-7S-3C is four of a kind. 4S-7S-9S-JS-AH is not four of a kind because they're the same suit; it has to be the same RANK.

FULL HOUSE: Three cards of the same rank and two other cards of a different rank. AH-AD-AC-4S-4H is a full house, but AH-AD-AC-4S-9S is not, because there isn't any pair besides the three aces. FLUSH: Five cards all of the same suit that aren't in a row. AC-10C-6C- 4C-2C is a flush, but AC-KC-QC-3C-7H is not, because the 7 is not a club.

STRAIGHT: Five cards in a row that aren't all the same suit. 5H-6C-7S- 8H-9S is a straight, but 2C-3C-4C-5C-6C is not, because they're all the same suit (therefore, it's a straight flush). Aces can be used low in a straight, so 5-4-3-2-A is a straight, as well as 10-J-Q-K-A. However, you can't go around the corner, meaning jumping from low to high. 3-2- A-K-Q is not a straight.

THREE OF A KIND: Three cards of the same rank with two other cards. In the FULL HOUSE wrong example, that's three of a kind, because there's three aces, and two other cards that don't help each other or the aces.

TWO PAIR: Two cards of the same rank, two cards of a different rank, another card of a different rank. AC-AH-KC-KH-QC is two pair, but AC- AH-KC-QC-JC is not, because there's no second pair. PAIR: Two cards of the same rank, and three other cards. In the TWO PAIR wrong example, that's a pair, because there's two aces, and three other cards that don't help each other or the aces.

HIGH CARD: Five unrelated cards. AC-7H-2S-9S-10C, 5C-6C-7S-2H-JS, AD- KD-QD-JD-9H; some hand like that.