[Pvnuts]

It's clear that there are bots out there that make about $6 an hour which is increase via multitable play. However, as much as a good discussion this topic is, and could be, I personally don't beleive it's a serious problem. If someone has a working bot that makes as little as $1 per hour net, the maker would be crazy to commercialize it. There would be no sense in doing this unless he came up with a better bot he could use for himself. But even if this were to happen, beginners would still loose, pros' will still be arround and will also beat the bots. The only disadvantage will be the inermediate player... but bots are not the only one's that will be at his table. If he has a bot at his table that is making $1 per hour off this player (assuming the bot is making $6 total an hour), so be it... that will be his price to learn better poker since he still has a way to go in his learning curve.

This being said, I don't approve the use of bots, but it's part of the online game and it is here to stay. If you get passed the intermediate stage, and start making money, you will make far more money online than on Land casino's playing limit games. So bot is simply a minor set back that I'm willing to pay off (if I have too) so could make serious money (which I'm not yet) online.

Look at it this way... Pay the bot to learn better poker once in a while or pay the casino dealer a tip... I'm will to bet the bot is cheaper to play againsts.