Fear of bots

[Bob L]

I hate to say this -but especailly on the major sites the fear of bots has got to be a major concern.Kudos to the guy who exposed the ring at full tilt.As well I know i contributed to the vietnam sitngo ring being banned at party.Ive always said its a matter of time before someone comes along to go under the radar and not get caught.-WHICH usualy means its already being done as we speak.Ive played full time online poker since it pretty well began-with the likes of MS sunshine,tuco ramirez,bobcards and alot of others.Not only do we have to keep up to date on our gambling theory and strategy but we have to keep up to date on what we are up against.For the record I've been stupid and never have used or taken advantage of pokertracker or other datamining sites-but have still gotten by unscathed...maybe I could have made more but that is up for deabte another day.The point is that the major sites have got to take some sort of major stand against this bot problem.its not coming -its already here.Maybe the typing in the letters in 10 seconds may help or send in a endless supply of ID etc .The major sites like full tilt,pokerstars,party etc have to come up with some sort of system.What they are doing now isn't doing the trick.To the regular internet pro -you are better off playing a smaller site where the likelyhood of a bot isnt as likely-and then you have to deal with whether or not you will be paid or not.Its a very tuff spot for internet poker -and this isnt taking account the [censored] US legislation.

We are in tough people

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Edit/MH: Thank you, Bob. If anyone wishes to respond, please pm Jim or me to unlock this new bot-thread, or else comment in one of the others.