[RichardHurtz]

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However, there are billions at stake for the poker sites and I have full confidence that they will do everything they can to protect their cash cows.

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Jesus, you guys are naive.

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Let's say youre correct and the sites are unconcerned about bots and losing business when it becomes common knowledge taht the games are filled with bots. What could we possibly do?

Absolutely nothing.

While my position my be naive, it is the only chance we have to keep making money on line if what the OP states comes to be.

I believe in greed. The sites have all the motivation in the world to protect their investments. Even the short sighted sites will see that an unexpoitable bot infestation will kill off their business. The fish that didn't leave on the advice of guys like me would be decimated twice as quickly between the rake and the bots

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The sites only concern is perception, which is very easy to maintain. In reality they need not do anything to discourage bots. The only thing they need to be concerned with is maintaining an image of fair gaming. This is easily accomplished by responding to players complaints about bots. When one is suspected its reported. They then run some sort of investigation and determine if its a bot or not. Even if they are wrong they still win the battle of perception. Banning one person and confinscating funds and returning funds make for great PR.