artificial poker player

[locoloco]

can anyone give me an advice if there is a common program that simulates a poker player and that keeps playin hands? I thought about letting a program play hands at low limit holdem for me while im at work.I just wanted to know if the poker sites are able to detect this and if such a program can beat an average low limit holdem table.

Any advice or link would be helpful

[sin808]

are you asking about bots? If so AFAIK they are against the rules at most sites, and are highly unethical to use even if they aren't

[1800GAMBLER]

What's unethical about a bot?

[RED_RAIN]

It's unethical because you aren't the one playing. Also, it's againt the rules at all sites I know. They can detect by looking at what other programs are running during your poker connection. This is a bad idea.

[1800GAMBLER]

It's against the rules, yes.

But your reason for unethically is way off. You still are the one playing you just did all your plays away from the table. You could build a database like PT to monitor what you do with every hand in every different situation and have the bot just do that. Then it would still be the same.

[sin808]

you aren't the one making the plays, it's a bot..one that, more than likely, has been programmed for "perfect play" (whatever that may be given the circumstances).

So, in your book, if you were playing chess for money online, and thought you were playing little Billy from down the street and later found out he was gone taking a nap but he had set up Deep Blue to play in his stead, that would be ok based on your ethical viewpoint?

[ChicagoTroy]

"They can detect by looking at what other programs are running during your poker connection."

You don't know what you're talking about. They have no means of doing that.

[CrackerZack]

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You don't know what you're talking about. They have no means of doing that.

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He doesn't?

Try this, deposit $500 into Paradise Poker for their bonus that is running now. Run Paradise Poker. Run the annoying spamming dickwad that wrote a bot that is for sale. Observe. If $500 is a lot of money to you, you may want to consider a lesser amount of money to deposit.

[Cashcow]

They can not detect what other programs are running on your PC. Number 1, wouldn't that be like hacking into your comp.?
It is unethical and it is illegal, but they cannot see all the programs you are running.

[Kenshin]

Many people within this forum rely upon internet poker to generate a sizable portion of their income. Both they and their opponents expect the games to occur fairly and on a level playing field. The use of a bot compromises the fairness of the game and threatens their livelyhood. Does it suprise you that many players respond poorly to bot questions?

Kenshin