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World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions 2007 Edition for PSP
World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions 2007 Edition for PSP builds a career around professional poker tournaments. You create a player and begin as the protégé of Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson. Smaller events earn money and points that lead to invitations for new competitions. Your eventual goal is the Tournament of Champions. At the tables you meet familiar players including Joseph Hachem, Jennifer Tilly, Scotty Nguyen and Antonio Esfandiari, with commentary and television-style interludes around the hands.
The card games include Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo and Razz. You choose bets, raise, check or fold and can observe opponents before deciding. The career adds houses, clothes and objects with which to furnish your created player and surroundings. Standalone games let you immediately choose a table, poker variant, betting structure and computer-controlled opponents without progression requirements.
The PSP release supports local ad hoc games and originally also included infrastructure features. Every participant needs a separate PSP and copy. Official internet services are not offered as currently working; the career and games against the computer remain fully available on the UMD. Rules and hand rankings are explained in the game and included manual. Play uses virtual money only: there is no connection to real wagers or payouts.
Region and language
Our PSP games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions 2007 Edition uses the standard PSP controls and plays exclusively with virtual money. The career and free games against computer-controlled players are on the UMD. Local ad hoc play requires a separate PSP and copy for every participant. The original infrastructure and transfer features are not offered as available.
Manual
World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions 2007 Edition for PSP includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions 2007 Edition
Left Field Productions developed World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions for Activision as the sequel to 2005's World Series of Poker. The North American PSP release arrived in September 2006; the European 2007 Edition followed on 9 February 2007. Its name refers to the licensed World Series of Poker circuit rather than a separate edition of the real tournament held in calendar year 2007.
The developers chose a story-led career in which Chris Ferguson guides the new player. Results unlock invitational tournaments and pit the player against more licensed professionals than in the first game. The presentation uses digital versions of players, table commentary and venues matching the television brand. Alongside No-Limit Texas Hold’em, the simulation includes several Stud and Omaha variants so progression is not built around one form of poker.
Tournament of Champions also appeared on PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Windows and later Wii. The PSP version delivered the career and card rules in portable form and supported wireless games. A transfer feature could once move a career between PSP and PlayStation 2. World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets followed. The old network and transfer options belong to the historical release; the physical UMD remains usable for the full solo career and free games against the computer.
Similar games for PSP
The first World Series of Poker game on PSP also offers licensed tables and several poker variants. Tournament of Champions adds a clearer career story guided by Chris Ferguson, invitational events and more familiar professionals. Both simulate betting with virtual money; the sequel ties tournament victories more closely to a personal path through the circuit.
Battle for the Bracelets is the later PSP sequel and shifts the goal to collecting WSOP bracelets. Tournament of Champions instead follows the route from protégé to the final event of the same name. Both include a created player, several forms of poker and professional opponents, but the 2008 edition uses a newer player roster and revised presentation.
World Championship Poker 2 on PSP also offers a career, various card games and advice from a familiar professional. Howard Lederer fills the licensed role that Chris Ferguson has here. Tournament of Champions uses official WSOP venues and players; World Championship Poker combines its own tour presentation with a broader collection of casino card games.
Stacked puts more emphasis on opponent artificial intelligence and lessons from Daniel Negreanu. Tournament of Champions uses a story-led circuit career, collectible possessions and a larger television show around the WSOP licence. Both let you practise Texas Hold’em against professionals without real money, but Stacked concentrates more strongly on one poker variant and style of play.
Hard Rock Casino on PSP combines poker with blackjack, roulette, baccarat, craps, slots and other casino games. Tournament of Champions stays entirely with poker and can therefore develop several Hold’em, Omaha and Stud variants across a longer career. Hard Rock centres on a broad virtual casino visit; WSOP follows a competitive circuit with invitations and familiar poker players.
