Would anyone like this software?

[Bytestream]

I dont entirely disagree with any of your points.

The player aid I am hypothetically proposing isn't going to be anything different from what is already widely accepted.

I would just be pulling out specific information from PT during gameplay. I would just be querying the db for the pertinent information you could look up manually if you use PT (such as known raising hands in ep). These player aides are going to surface sooner or later.

I would be much more interested in developing anti-bot software for the poker sites themselves then creating player aiding software. However you can't run anti-bot sofware locally so theres no use in that.

[Tony Corbett]

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I would be much more interested in developing anti-bot software for the poker sites themselves then creating player aiding software. However you can't run anti-bot sofware locally so theres no use in that.

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I'm no expert in programming but I would think that a bot needs to do two things gather information from the screen and issue commands to the poker client. I would have thought it would be possible to detect and/or block both of these links to the client.

If the poker sites don't have the in house expertise to do this I think they should work in partnership with an antvirus software company to develop a poker client that scans memory for bots.


Hopefully they'll be proactive in this and not wait until after your nightmare 60 mins special is aired.

[ChessMan]

I think taking screen shots is undetectable... therefore gathering info from the poker client is not detectable.

Generating mouse clicks and keyboard events look the same whether it's a human doing it or a computer program (I think).

Therefore a bot should be undetectable.

If the poker site knows there is a bot, and what it's process name is, well then I think it's detectable.

If you write your own bot, I'm pretty sure there's no chance the poker site will know.

I don't know how it will play out. But the bots are coming if they are not already there. I don't know how the fish will react. I see lot's of people playing slot machines even though they know it's a bot and it's got an edge. Maybe it won't be so bad when 60 Minutes airs the bot piece.

[Richard Berg]

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If you write your own bot, I'm pretty sure there's no chance the poker site will know.


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There are lots of stupid things you could do to get caught. For instance, if you played 20 hours a day every day on the same skin, or if you always clicked the button exactly 3 seconds after being prompted...

[mcozzy1]

This thread was 3 weeks old. Why are you bringing up an old bot post? Cheaters have their own websites. Let it go.