Playing against a bot.

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I played with a guy today that was clearly running a poker bot. He was a freakin goldmine! Whenever I was in a pot with him I could read him like a book! I ended up takeing him for about $30 playing .50/1 limit. Has anyone else hand any experiences like this?
 
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I thought bots were supposed to make money, rather than giving it away?
 
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He prety much stayed eaven the whole time I was at the table. Whatever I took from him he made up for it taking money from others. Im geussing the goal isn't so much to make money whil at the table but to clear bonuses to make money. Thats just what I figure though...
 
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You said you clearly knew he was running a bot, how is this possible ?
 
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Well, I geuse i cant realy say im %100 sure but...all his moves seemd to be at the exact same time though. Mabee it was just someone that was REALY easy to read.
 
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Always thought a bot was supposed to help you win - not lose hands or play for an hour and have the same chip count.

If that was the case - im a human bot :rolleyes::D:D

IanT
 
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I read a good article on this the other day, long story short the quote i thought was spot on is:

"If someone actually designed a program which could sit at an online poker table and make decent money, why would you be able to download it for $100? Would it not make more sense to keep it quite and run it themselves?"
 
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gjshand said:
I read a good article on this the other day, long story short the quote i thought was spot on is:

"If someone actually designed a program which could sit at an online poker table and make decent money, why would you be able to download it for $100? Would it not make more sense to keep it quite and run it themselves?"

I used a similar quote myself a while back regarding someone asking about "see your opponents hole cards" software. I don't really see it as relevant here though.

There are a couple of differences. Firstly, bot-programming software is readily available, and this is a fact (I don't want to give names obviously though, but anyone with Google could find out easily enough).

Secondly, it's risk/reward. A bot, might grind out maybe 1BB/100 in the long run against weak players, but this is obviously subject to variance. Also, considering the fact that a bot has to sit at tables for a long time grinding it out, there's the chance it could be detected and funds seized. It's far simpler for the 'manufacturers' of such a bot programmer to sell it and rake in guaranteed profits than to use it exclusively to grind out a small long-run gain.
 
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Additionally there's a fair amount of 'assistance' software out there that doesn't play for you, but reads your cards and tells you how good your hand is - it's perfectly plausible to find someone playing EXACTLY according to the suggestions from one of those aids, at which point they're just as predictable as a completely automated bot would be...
 
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