ThwartPoker Inc. has invented a revolutionary new way of dealing cards called player card selection and combined it with poker-style hand types to create a unique class of absorbing and enticing games called UnPoker. Four of these UnPoker games, Hold’em Blitz®, Hold’em Battle®, Pick’Em Blitz® and Pick’Em Puzzle® have been released in the App Store as iPhone apps. Hold’em Battle® has betting while the others do not. Hold’em Blitz® and Hold’em Battle® both have Single Player (vs. bots) and real-time Multiplayer (between live players) capability. Pick’Em Blitz® and Pick’Em Puzzle® only have Single Player capability. They can be played for FUN or you can compete indirectly against other live players in Skillz® CASH tournaments.
Become a better thinker, strategist and card player by playing UnPoker while sharing hours of pleasure and enjoyment with friends.
The MENTAL-SKILL of player card selection now replaces the CHANCE of random dealing. This adds the exciting dimensions of building and blocking to gameplay to enrich one's playing experience -- and for Hold’em Battle®, it is augmented by the dimensions of betting and bluffing. These apps are for the casual gamer or serious card player. They are easy-to-learn, yet hard-to- master and can be played in minutes or for hours.
On each player card selection round of these four apps, each player first privately selects a card from the same face up, limited deck of cards that is randomly generated anew from hand-to-hand to keep play fresh and contains no more than 29 cards. Then, once every player has selected a card, any player in a conflict situation is dealt a No-value THWART card. Otherwise, a player is dealt his/her selection. What is your strategy? Do you try to a) build the best hand, b) block someone else, or c) improve your hand but avoid being blocked?
UnPoker games are protected under four US patents 7,717,783 B2, 7,806,408 B2, 8,282,459 B2, 8,348,738 B2.
To learn more about Hold’em Blitz®, Hold’em Battle®, Pick’Em Blitz® or Pick’Em Puzzle®, click on its icon above.