will poker-bots bring down online gaming?

[andyandy]

i posted a similar thread on the comp. section....but it's a bit slow in there....thought it would be a bit more lively here :D

i play some poker online - although it seems to me that it's pretty open to exploitation - player collusion seems inevitable on the higher limit tables.....

but my question was about poker playing bots.....is the technology out there already for a bot to beat an average-joe player?
I also play chess, but would never play that for money online because the best chess programs (Deep Blue/something.... ?) can beat the best human player....

if the technology isnt already out there i would imagine it's gonna be within the next few years - which begs the question, is online poker in the ****? As soon as poker-bots are widely available then that would be curtains for a multi-million dollar industry....

interesting articles on it.....

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money-s...5&in_page_id=5

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money-s...3&in_page_id=5

time to sell those party poker shares guys

NB. original thread on http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=57190

NB NB.....if this breaks some forum rule then i apologise in advance mr and mrs moderators....:D

[Almo]

your URLs are busted. The ... are in them. :(

ETA: I see. you copied them from the other thread, but they were too long.

Here are the real ones:

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money-savers/article.html?in_article_id=405335&in_page_id=5

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money-savers/article.html?in_article_id=405333&in_page_id=5

[andyandy]

cheers Almo....:D

maybe that's why this thread's bombed.....or maybe it's just that no-one gives a ****.......


or maybe........


the bot-programmers have hacked JREF to supress the truth......:) :) :)