[vypremik]

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"Reading" people is nothing more than recognizing paterns in their body language and betting patterns. A computer could theoretically pick up on patterns far more subtle and complex than the human brain could process. Even a player like Phil Ivey, who is probably unreadable to any living person, would have detectable traits and could be defeated. The neural net would be infinitely adaptable to any level or style of play.

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In my opinion, this does not make the bots better, it makes them more beatable. Although I do not claim that there are any player without tells (I think we all have something), the professionals actually take advantage of them and can use their own tells against you - or even better, against a bot.

For arguments sake, let's say Phil Ivey shuffled his chips with his left hand for three seconds and bet half the pot when he was bluffing. He takes down a few hands this way and shows them every time.

The bot now has made the connection that this behavior is a bluff. So the next time he is sitting on a monster hand, Phil does exactly the same thing and the bot thinks, "Aha! a bluff!" and puts in a large bet to try to push him off the hand.

I think this is a real problem with bots. How do they know when you change things up and when keep them the same? Many pros will be able to overload the bot with false information and take advantage of any tells system that is built into it.