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"I will never understand the "eliminate them" mentality"


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Neither can the poker rooms.

That's why they are still allowed to operate.

Certainly the poker rooms (well, some of them) pay lip service to the need to make sure their sites are 'bot free, but in reality, if they were truly bothered, they could stop the current wave in their tracks.

Actually, I think it's only (some) people on sites like this that see a problem. Doubtless the 'bots come in grades from pure fish (people who buy them and lose money trying to make them win) to those making a moderate income.

So as competition they are much like the human variety.

It's interesting also that there is a split even here between those who are relaxed about 'bots and just exploit those that are less able players than themselves to those who are hysterically anti-bot and believe they will kill on-line poker.

I think there's very little chance of the later happening. The poker rooms would get serious about stopping them if it was in danger of hitting their bottom line.

There's probably a lot more danger from computer assisted low wage grinders.