[chrisyt]

Just my take on the programming bit
I think there would be vast problems bringing AI (Artificial Intellegence) into a poker program and the 'Intellegence' is would be working out would constantly change. i.e. the players, no two are the same.
the best (in my opinion) would be basing decisions on probability by calculating the odds.
hence making the correct odds decision each time.
thats where the programs win. by not making daft mistakes us humans do.
but then it would be easier for us humans to control the computer as we would know how it then would react.
I'm new to this poker stuff thing, and it seems weather its legal or not some people use programs to play, i think there would be a flaw in it somewhere that would be exploitable.
just my take
(ex programmer java MSc and all that stuff)