Long has been the debate over poker bots; what they mean, their benefits
and drawbacks and weather or not they’re cheating. Of course, if you
were to take a look at any of the TOS of any major poker site, it’s
written plain as day that they are strictly not allowed, and that if you
are found using one your “winnings” would be confiscated immediately
and i’m sure a ban of some kind would be imposed. That not
withstanding, they are a very real threat to the on line player. If you
play on line poker, you have likely played against at least one, and
probably many poker bots. There are even allegations out there that
some of the “big” poker rooms use bots to fill their tables during
“slow” times.
A few months back, during a regular home game, my
friends and i were discussing if we would use a poker bot were it
delivered to us and set up on our machine. One guys view was that it
was “an easy way to make money.” Another thought it was a low risk
thing to do, and to only set it up on one table while you were multi
tabling; strictly to see “how it did” compared to a real live player.
Well,
i stumbled upon an “Academic” poker bot. This is a bot that was
created by the owner of Robotpoker.org (i didn’t catch his name..).
What does having an “Academic” Pokerbot mean? Well, here is a quote
from his website…
PokerPirate successfully beat single
table, no limit, Texas Hold’em tournaments. These are better known as
sit-and-go’s. PokerPirate played the $5 tournaments on Royal Vegas Poker
(RVP). After recouping my losses from the development process, I
decided to turn the bot off. I am now releasing the source code and
using it as a case study in artificial intelligence and software
engineering.
So, this guy (and i’m not trying to vilify him
here, i think what he’s done is pretty awesome) has developed a bot that
has successfully BEATEN poker games at the low level. People take
years to master the skills necessary to accomplish this feat, and most
of them aren’t very consistent. If you want to read more about
PokerPirate, head on over to his blog. (full disclosure: i don’t know
him, have no affiliation to him, have never talked to him..i just think
that what he’s created is pretty cool) Right now he’s soliciting info on
what people want to hear about, so check it out and vote for what
you’re interested in.
Now, on to my real question. Here is a
poker bot, and with a little googling, and ninja computer skills, you
could download and run it fairly easily. Easy source of income? Social
Experiment? Would you install and use it, if you were 99% sure that no
one would know, and you could make $50 bucks a day leaving it on?
Here
is the download link.