[Phil153]

The solution is intrusive scanning of regular players (say above a certain play threshold - maybe 500 hands/week), and the locking out of anyone who doesn't give full access to the poker site's program. That would wipe out 99% of bots, as you'd have to program a custom virtual machine to run your programs - not an easy thing to do.

I know that a few months ago, Full Tilt didn't even do the most basic scanning for bots, unlike the industry leaders (Party and Stars), and I doubt anything has changed. Given that, I'm not encouraged by Full Tilt's empty assurances.