Monday, April 14, 2008

The Holy Grail of Poker Bots?

The majority of poker bots I've trialled have simply leaked away money and left me thinking I'd never find a winning poker tool. Most work by connecting an exisitng poker calculator software tool - which can be useful for calculating pot odds etc - to a program which carries out the recommended actions. This is where they fall down - the moves and plays are recommended and not necessarily the right play in the current game taking into account player styles etc.
The poker bot I now use - which has been designed and build by Shanky Technologies
http://www.bonusbots.com
differs in that it's a wholly integrated piece of software. These guys are clearly very experienced online poker players themselved and the analysis which has gone into the product is staggering. Since launch the bot has been upgraded several times based on feedback from customers playing poker in the real environment.

The developer, Jetter, explains that gaming-assistance software is simply a tool and still requires application by the user in order to be effective. "Our pokerbot plays extremely well, but you do need to find a profitable game environment to put it in. A lot of our customers are good players themselves who just use the program to hold their place in juicy games while they eat dinner, or play out their customer reward points in freeroll tournaments."
The question of whether or not a computer program can beat good poker players has been hotly debated among poker professionals in recent years. Poker is a game of incomplete information and psychology, making the programming more challenging than creating chess computers.

In addition to the actual poker bot it's essential that you take advantage of the generous sign up bonuses various casinos offer and 'rakeback' offers. In effect this means all you need the bot to do is break even or even make a small loss and you can turn a profit - this may sound confusing but stick with me!

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