I enjoy see the pros act Texas Hold ‘ Em on TV for huge sums of money and , when the stake are a little low-toned , playing the poker secret plan myself with friends . So when Apple enter Texas Hold ‘ Em as one of its nine iPod games , my $ 4.99 was theirs in a flash .
One of the good parts of the plot is the naturalistic character you play against . Some of them look vaguely familiar , and I always kind of assumed that there were some Apple employees stashed among the stalls of opposer . But it was n’t until I try out thecheatthat lets you jump to any of the seven tournaments that my suspicions were verified .
With the fastest Click Wheel in the Benjamin West , I found myself play in the terminal tourney , and I noticed that the player named “ Killer ” bear a striking resemblance toPhil Schiller , Apple ’s senior vice United States President of general product marketing .
Now , Phil Schiller is a fairly familiar face if you ’ve ever attended a Macworld Expo keynote or Apple product launching — he usually joins Steve Jobs on stage to serve demonstrate whatever hardware or software is being herald . But just in character , you ’ve never laid eyes on Phil Schiller before , take a gander at his picture below .
OK — compare that brain shot to the ruthless doppelgänger staring back you in this grip ’ Em screenshot :
Eerie , huh ? And that ’s not the only Apple executive to have a Texas Hold ’ pica stunt treble . Behold “ Shark , ” who give birth any uncanny resemblance to frailty president of worldwide iPod product merchandising Greg Joswiak ( a.k.a “ Joz ” ) .
The Hawaiian shirts and sunglasses may enshroud their tells , but they in spades do n’t hide their indistinguishability . And I mistrust that there are many Apple employee in the mix as well .
So far I ’ve only made it to the table two of the four - table tourney , but I ’m hoping that the final table includes a face - off with Steve Jobs himself . Now that would be worth going all - in for .
