Re: RE: [ba-poker] Bots

[Jerrod Ankenman <jankenman(deleted the rest)>]

> > Yes, I think limit hold'em online could be ruined by 
> > one really solid bot program.  It only takes one 
> > program too.
> 
> Time to market/aquarium will be critical... everyone
> busily working on their bots?

People are undoubtedly working on this kind of thing. The most difficult 
barrier, I think, is actually poker knowledge for mid to high-limits.

> Seems that this would be in the online sites interest and
> I would think it simple to do. If the client insures I/O
> strictly through a GUI that is updated (changed) 
> frequently it should limit the situation to bot assisted 
> humans. Am I missing something?

The approach of screen-scraping the client program and mimicing mouse movements 
isn't stopped by this without significantly impairing the ability of human to 
play with the same GUI.

As for the limit vs no-limit question, I think that there are pros and cons to 
both sides, but it's not very clear which is better. 

Jerrod