[MrMoo]

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What makes poker tracker ethical and poker bots unethical?

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I am the one sitting in front on my computer deciding on what the best appropriate action to be taken place from what my PT is displaying to me.

On the other hand, the bot user is out of his house enjoying the 24/7 money he is obtaining by doing absolutely nothing.

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So if I write a game theoretically optimal program which tells me to call/check/bet/raise/fold are you okay with me using that? As long as I'm the one clicking the buttons, it's okay in your eyes?

The OP is right in one sense. As soon as you allow a computer program to aid your play in any way, you let the floodgates open. The ethics of using a program after that point becomes a distinction in the mind of the person running that program. The majority of 2+2 is hypocritical in this sense. Poker bots are a big no-no yet everyone jumps in and buys Poker Tracker->Poker Ace->Party Mine->SNG Analyzer. What if Eastbay released a new version of SNG Analyzer which read hands in real time and gave recommendations? My guess is a majority of 2+2'rs would buy it without thinking twice.