{"id":7769,"date":"2006-08-16T16:18:30","date_gmt":"2006-08-16T13:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/uutiset\/hold-em-for-free\/"},"modified":"2006-08-16T16:18:30","modified_gmt":"2006-08-16T13:18:30","slug":"hold-em-for-free","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/uutiset\/hold-em-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold \u00b4em for free&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u00b4s official, gambling junkies can start getting their cyber fix from the Live Arcade as of Wednesday, August 23, at 08:00 GMT (that\u00b4s one week from today). Even better, it\u00b4s free! <\/p>\n<p>However, gamers itching for what is probably the most anticipated Live Arcade title to date, <i>Texas Hold \u00b4em<\/i>, will have to be poised to download. For as of 08:01 GMT on Friday, August 25, Texas Hold \u00b4em will set you back 800 Microsoft Points. Someone better call <a href=http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Series_of_tubes target=_blank>Ted Stevens<\/a>, \u00b4cause it looks like Microsoft is up for some major tube clogging.<\/p>\n<p>Xbox.com has also been updated with info on Texas Hold \u00b4em\u00b4s virtual bankroll designed to keep a tab on your virtual gambling success. Will you make it to the table of high rollers or scramble for scraps with the rest of the poker chumps? It may sound daunting, but atleast Mr Moore won\u00b4t be breaking your kneecaps when met by a losing streak.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, remember the 23rd of August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;but not forever.<br \/>\nMicrosoft will be offering one of this year&#8217;s hottest Live Arcade titles, Texas Hold &#8217;em, gratis but only for the first 48 hours. Launch details inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/api\/wp\/v2\/news\/7769"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/api\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}