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Article #161: Casino online. Poker bots.

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Many gambling chats and news groups result of a 10 years research work of a
devoted to poker more and more frequently team of specialists.
anxiously mention the so-called "The strategy of the game is difficult
card-playing robots, known as "bots" in and to sit down and write a program that
the nomenclature of the Web, that are can beat a table of experienced human
being used on commercial gambling sites. players is no trivial task," Billings
Many players are sure that a number of said. According to his the opinion, the
gambling portals prospers due to the use biggest obstacles lie in the amount of
of the special programs, able to beat an information unavailable to the player and
above-average player, not mentioning a the need for the program to be able to
beginner. In a traditional casino you can employ a variety of strategies at
always guess the weak sides of your different times, such as bluffing and
competitor, figure out his strategy and laying traps for opponents, etc Exactly
etc, in a virtual gaming house there is for this purpose artificial intelligence
no telling your competitor is a human, was added to the system, capable not only
but not specially created program, calculate probabilities but also line up
"substituted" for a real player. logic of game, model it's opponents
If it is true, then widespread of poker behavior, etc.
bots capable of beating an average player In the opinion of creators of "Vex Bot",
would pose a significant problem for its main advantage is that, as well as
poker sector. Without creation of a any other robot; they have no emotions,
special system verifying the identity and no fear and no shame and can not be
"humanity" of cards players in on-line nervous. He will remain indifferent even
casinos, the business could be before the most aggressive player.
significantly undercut. This is an Journalists, studying the problem of
opinion of players themselves, and poker boats, note that it is very
gambling figures, interested in further difficult to get the real picture because
development of on-line game industry. of the unwillingness of many gambling
Some skeptics say that, considering the operators to answer upon requests on this
complexity of the game and constantly issue. There are no high-quality
changing strategies, creation of the programs, able to watch suspicious poker
program that can read opponents' cards sites with the unusual patterns of game.
using special techniques of screen Representative of CryptoLogic Company,
scanning and respond in real time is many commenting this problem, mentioned that
decades away at best. The supporters of some players, suspected to use of boats,
this point of view point to the variety have been banned from the member sites.
of commercial programs that purport to Sometimes it is just impossible to be
help players, but with no actual effect. sure who plays is a human or robot, but a
However there is a ready answer for all company, exposing all unusual strategies,
of these objections - in Canadian prefers to be reinsured and protect
University of Alberta a computer poker itself from the possible socializing with
research group has developed an a bot.
artificially intelligent automaton known Professional players, speaking about the
as "Vex Bot". This robot is capable of popularity of poker bots, mention how
playing poker at master level in a game advantageous it can be: if you have the
with two players. The new system has program, able to play 25 casinos
already been used to test the frontiers simultaneously, two tables apiece and
of artificial intelligence, as it will be even if you are playing a minimum $10-20
the basis for commercial poker tutorial on a game, you earn $1000 an hour. The
program. As soon as the news about robot participants of many gambling chats are
creation was published in media, the distressed that the computer programs
creators began to receive letters have already took the place of
mentioning the danger of system use for interactive poker. Skeptics are sure that
the purposes of illegal gambling poker will continue to become more
business. popular, in spite of all of threats from
Darse Billings who is lead designer of the side of programmers. In their
"Vex Bot" considers that probability of opinion, it's only a matter of time
the use of bots on commercial sites is before more people want to create their
approximately 50:50, but he is also sure own bots to be remembered, but all of
that all of the modern programs can these attempts are doomed to failure.
unlikely match his creation, which is a






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