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LA,

I have actually written a fair amount of code years ago in Pascal and C and understand the difficulties involved in *starting from scratch*. But what I am talking about isn't like that. It's just like the difference between a knowledgeable hacker and a mere script kiddie. Most players out there using bots are buying a well-known program to use, and then inputting their own rules. And that rule set doesn't have to be intricate at all for a short stack, because it's basically just raise/reraise pre and shove/call on the flop, all based on preflop values and no postflop considerations.

As to the vacation or not thing, we'll see in short order I would imagine. Also, at least for the 3/6 blind and up, it's more like 6 short stackers and not 4 (eva, oskar, coco, joel, superboy, and some recent guy Henrico). And as I mentioned there is apparently a different set for the mid and lower levels, although I'm not familiar with them which is why I hope some players from those levels chime in.