Is Poker Fading?

[bruin70]

A pool playing programmer that I know has been working on Arificial Intelligence Poker programs and statistics, etc in his spare time for two years now. He says that he has his program able to play for him while he is away from the comp. Not sure how truthful it is but I have BS'd with him for a few hours about it since he knows I took some programming in school and it seems to me to be legit. Says he left for his shift and came back and was up $250. Told me I could buy it from him for $300 if I tried it out and liked it. I think I'll keep my money and grind it out legally.

Some friends of mine have done the IM thing and also used their webcams with audio/video link up to make it even easier to communicate. There is really no profit in it if you play with more than two players since single table games only pay three places and it is unlikely that all three of you are going to make the final three. They gave up after a few times with larger groups.

makes sense. i'd worry about what the program does while he's away unless there's some auto-OFF in case something goes nutty.

 

[JPB]

Regarding Bots and collusion:


Yes, people are using bots. I don't know all of the details. But yeah, some players online are probably computers.

Collusion happens I am sure. It is probably easier to do online than live, but OTOH, it may be easier to catch. Since the cards are available to the poker site, collusion could be caught. But I don't know the details of online poker security; I don't pay attention to it.

Also, collusion is best done by excellent players. It isn't always easy to win while colluding; it helps to know what you are doing. Also, some of the techniques are subtle; i.e. not the obvious whipsaw moves. But I am not a high limit palyer or colluder so I don't know exactly what they do, LOL