Re: Unsettling Bot News
It is very difficult to create a bot that plays "optimum strategy." Unfortunately, it doesn't have to play optimally to create havoc in the low limits.
The problem with bots is not that they play better than the best people can (they don't, and they won't for a very long time)... the problem is that they can play tirelessly in countless games simultaneously. Even if a bot can pull only $5 per table per hour out of a $3-$6 game, one person with that software can play countless $3-$6 games simultaneously, 24/7, and pull thousands per day out of the games.
If enough people run this racket, the suckers will go broke far faster than they do now, and they will stop playing. Only the better players (those that can beat the bots) will be able to play for any sustained period of time.
Furthermore, I have NO DOUBT that the bots are coming. They may be mostly rumor and speculation now, but eventually they won't be. And yes, they will ruin low limit poker. And there's not a damn thing anyone can do about it, as far as I can tell.
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