Online Poker Played by Bots

June 16th, 2005 • Related • Filed Under

I’ve just read one of the most interesting stories I’ve read for a while. It seems there are a lot of unconfirmed stories that some online poker tables are being frequented by bots designed by smart programmers.

Given that games like Hold’em are quite simple enough (and the players bad enough), it makes sense to me that a quite simple bot could take a human player who can’t work out the odds of winning each hand correctly, to the cleaners.

As online gambling increases will we see more of this? Will people start downloading programs to run on their desktops to tell them what to do with each hand? I think it will kind of take the fun out of playing online if it becomes a test of ‘my bot against your bot’ rather than ’skill’.

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Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK.

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    Comment by E-Business Library on 8 July 2005:

    [Source: Connected Internet - Broadband, Mobile and Gaming News Blog] quoted: I've just read one of the most interesting stories I've read for a while. It seems there are a lot of unconfirmed stories that some online poker tables are being frequen…

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    Pingback by Watch The Final OF The World Poker Crown Online | Connected Internet on 7 May 2008:

    [...] Most of the WPC tournament will be played out online, but the final event is taking place at a real casino where the final 8 players that reach the final stage of the online tournament will be invited to play in this exclusive event, which will be broadcast live on the net.  I wonder how they will cope with playing at a real table, without their robots to help? [...]

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