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You can still "win" by taking money from the other human players and minimizing EV loss against bots. The major poker sites claim that they have really good (a
by iEchoic 11mo ago
You can still "win" by taking money from the other human players and minimizing EV loss against bots.
The major poker sites claim that they have really good (and very top secret) bot detection. I'm skeptical.
- jagged-chisel 11mo agoI used to work for an online poker outfit. The boss wanted weak bots populating the tables so that we looked popular. Of course, he had a “crack team” of bot writers for playing on “other sites” to make money, too.
- sejje 11mo agoThe poker world would love to hear your story. It would be the biggest news in some time.
- jagged-chisel 11mo agoMight be another somewhat interesting perspective - not sure how filling in the details from my summary above could be big news. But sure, I’d write it up if it seems interesting enough to someone.
- sejje 11mo agoBy and large it is not proven that bots exist in any large scale. The operator running his bots would be a betrayal and probably end the business of the poker site involved.
- jagged-chisel 11mo agoThis was early in the online poker hype. I worked there for about a year, and they didn’t last long after I left the company. Forum posts from when they were still in business showed players suspected bot activity. The company wasn’t all that big, and I’m sure the lack of player trust did them in. Maybe it’s worth a couple hundred words.
- bee_rider 11mo agoWow, is that really not some type of fraud? Fascinating.
- brightball 11mo agoWhy wouldn’t you put the bots together at the same table if you could detect them?
- noitpmeder 11mo agoBecause when, not if, but when, you have a false positive and put a player in a room full of bots you suddenly have a massive lawsuit on your hands