Re: [ba-poker] Bots

[kubey(deleted the rest) (Ken Kubey)]

Ed writes:
> Unfortuntately, the bots don't have to be good enough to beat Bill in 
> order to ruin online poker. All they need to do is be able to beat the 
> typical 3-6 player. Then new players stop playing, games dry up, and 
> the feeder system is choked off for larger games.

Yes, I think limit hold'em online could be ruined by one really
solid bot program.  It only takes one program too.  

I've thought of measures that the online sites could take
to slow down or defeat most bots, but there's no defense
against a human assisted bot.  A human assisted bot could 
probably play 8 or 10 games at once without too much trouble.

Bots could probably ruin all of the limit games (Omaha, Stud, etc.)

I have trouble imagining a no-limit or pot-limit bot, but I guess
that could happen too.

Ken Kubey         kubey(deleted the rest)  (650) 933-3536