Re: [ba-poker] Bots

["David S. Heller" <david(deleted the rest)>]

The difference is, there is no shortage of bad Internet players, but a few
smart computer programmers who designed and loosed a pack of killer bots
could make the games unbeatable for all but the very best.

Which would suck for those of us who still are less than the very best.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Prock" <prock(deleted the rest)>
To: "Uncle Roger" <rogerc22(deleted the rest)>
Cc: <ba-poker(deleted the rest)>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: [ba-poker] Bots


> On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Uncle Roger wrote:
>
> > A non-playing friend sent me the following announcement about a
PokerBot
> > World Series.  My apologies if you've already read  it somewhere else (I
> > don't monitor RGP any more).
> >
> > Is it only a matter of time before online play is ruined by bots?
>
> Assuming the bots are good players, this is equivalent to asking:
>
> Is it only a matter of time before online play is ruined by good players?
>
> - Andrew
>