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Title: ON THE INTERNET, NOBODY KNOWS YOU'RE A BOT

Author: Kushner, David Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: Wired, v13 n9 p96(4) Publication Date: Sep 2005
  ISSN: 1059-1028
URL of Publication: http://www.wired.com

Ray E Bornet II's WinHoldEm is commercial software that automatically plays poker. CptPokr (a pseudonym and a robot) runs WinHoldEm and can play poker with the application of strategy obtained over years of research. CptPokr can run numbers to user interface (UI) statistics to learn when cards should be held and when folded. Smart, experienced poker players can benefit over the long term, particularly online, where many poker-playing beginners play, but would never play with human players at a table. WinHoldEm is intelligent and is a machine that can run automatically and autonomously, and it will win real cash while the beneficiary sleeps. When playing in Team mode, WinHoldem can play with others. Such bots imply fixed games, but they can and do lose when the hands are bad enough or if opponents are sufficiently skilled. Poker sites say they are not worried about automated poker playing, but they are also scanning for and jettisoning suspect accounts. Bornert is trying to put his bot everywhere online, and is making a killing doing so. He says online poker is already replete with computer-assisted card sharks, and also many other bots. A suite of WinHoldEm programs is available at low cost for download, and a much more expensive team version is also available.

Companies:
HixoxiH Software

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Gambling & Gaming WinHoldEm

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