Article Request: Analysis of Bots

[jjshabado]

Oh and...

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(1) The very high cost of Top Bots will moderate their impact.



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1. Whats high cost today, is mass market cheap tomorrow.

2. Once a bot of a high enough quality is produced its only a matter of time before the code/program is out there. Hell, its even likely that some of hte best bots will be programmed by universities/open-source people and so it'll be freely available.

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(2) Top Bots MUST be manned by Poker Pros... because today's AI cannot handle the 5-10% most subtle poker decisions.

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Maybe not today, but its just a matter of time. Sure poker may have enough human nature type situations that top pros will always beat top poker bots, but to kill online poker you just need to have an environment where average people quickly go broke.