It may be only Texas Hold 'Em with a fancy waistcoat, but Governor of Poker has eaten up a disturbing number of our sleeping hours.

Now if only our play had improved with the practice. Thank God there's no actual, you know, betting involved. Shudder.

The game casts you as an up-and-coming card sharp, out to buy up all the property in Texas. To achieve this noble objective, you'll need to maintain an unbroken winning streak in the various saloons you visit along the way.

Sadly there's no option to break a whiskey bottle over somebody's head when you lose, nor can you get the dealer steamed on cheap moonshine to fiddle the odds. The Wild West ain't as wild as it used to be.

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