incomplete information - so what?

[runway model]

There seems to be a widespread argument that IN THEORY and even in faceless internet play, a poker computer cannot play as well as the best humans because poker is a game of 'incomplete information'. True but irrelevant.

So long as the computer has access to ALL the same information as the human (however complete or incomplete that information is), then the computer can be programmed in theory to play just at least as well and almost certainly better that the best humans.

Of course, the computer would need to keep huge database records of opponent characteristics and tells including opponent response times. In fact everything that a human can observe or process on the internet already. Potentially, powerful computers can use Poker Tracker type info far more efficiently than humans.

Yes, in practice it's a huge task. But rest assured in years to come, the best computers will be the best players. Better at exploiting weaker players, better at beating the strongest players, better h/u, better in multiway games, better at making the most +EV decisions against random combinations of strong and weak opponents. Not for a few years maybe, but in time you will believe...