With the advent of online poker there have been many schemes devised to enable players to cheat the system. Well, over the next few days I will be taking an in-depth look at some of these schemes and just how effective they are or are not. Obviously, collusion is the most apparent scheme both online and live. But what if the player sitting next to you at your online table was a robot or “bot” program that played hands automatically? To say that would be a bit disturbing would be an understatement. Can a program play as well as a human? Can someone design software with artificial intelligence to out play human players? The game of poker, No Limit Hold’em in particular, is in and of itself a game of variance. Not just the cards but the players themselves are living and breathing variables with different styles of play, aggressiveness, and reactions to each and every event that happens at the tables.

So stay tuned as we explore the plight of the poker bot.

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