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''Telltale Texas Hold'em'' is a 2005
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video game released by
Telltale Games Telltale Incorporated (trade name: Telltale Games) was an American video game developer based in San Rafael, California. The company was founded in July 2004 by former LucasArts developers Kevin Bruner, Dan Connors and Troy Molander, following ...
. The game was hinted at by Telltale Games before release when they stated that they would release a mini game or two before the announcement of their first
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. ''Telltale Texas Hold'Em'' was released by Telltale to examine the benefits of digital distribution. The game would serve as the basis for Telltale's other poker games, '' Poker Night at the Inventory'' and '' Poker Night 2''.


Plot

Harry Weinhead, Boris Krinkle, Theodore Dudebrough, and Grandma Shakey compete against the player in the Telltale Texas Hold'Em tournament, a fictional poker tournament held in
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. Boris Krinkle looks very much like Leonard Steakcharmer, a minor antagonist/character in ''
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'' and '' Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space'' (and Carter Coleman voices both characters). This fact is mentioned by both Theodore in ''Telltale Texas Hold'em'' and by Max in ''Sam & Max Save the World''.


Reception

''Telltale Texas Hold'em'' was named "indie game of the month" by ''
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'' magazine in June 2005.


References


External links


Official ''Telltale Texas Hold'em'' website
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