What are poker bots and can I encounter them at an online table?

Online poker it has been a popular game on the internet for almost 20 years. There are therefore always Criminal parties who try to influence the game so that they can earn a lot of money. Thus, there are several ways of cheating in poker try. Now, however, there is a new technique where artificial intelligence can be used to gain an advantage at the online poker table.

What are poker bots? Poker bots are software that, through AI, determines an opponent's playing style and adjusts to it in order to create the greatest chance of defeating the opponent. The computer makes the decisions instead of the player himself. As a result, poker bots are clearly prohibited to use when playing online poker. However, for poker platforms such as GGPoker and Pokerstars, it is still damn difficult to find out who works with this software. So how can you, as an honest poker player, find out that you are playing poker against a poker bot?

As mentioned earlier, poker bots are special software that is installed on a computer. This bot then takes a seat at an online poker table and then observes all the players at the table. By storing as much information as possible, the poker bot can ultimately make the best choices when playing against you in a hand. However, there are different types of poker bots and not every poker bot looks at you as a player. Some bots are programmed to mathematically make the right choices with the right probability calculation. As a result, the poker bot plays perfectly, but unfortunately hands can still be lost. Mathematically, they made the right choice.

These poker bots are also used and deployed in different ways. Some people create multiple accounts and then let the poker bots play on multiple tables. It is already forbidden to have more than one account, let alone have these accounts played by poker bots.

Some players just play on 1 account with the help of a poker bot. In this way, they hope to learn from the choices that this software makes in order to become a better poker player. However, this is also simply illegal, an account will be closed if the poker platform gets air of this fraud.

However, the use of poker bots is not always a great success with which you can rake in a lot of money immediately. Poker remains a part of luck, so you can lose while making the right choice. Also, poker bots can analyze other players, it does not mean that they can always make the right choice against this player. However, it is of course the case that with a poker bot you increase the chance to earn money and be profitable with poker over a longer period of time. Something that is not given to everyone.

Now that you know that there is a possibility that you will encounter a poker bot at the online poker table, it is also good to know how to recognize these poker bots. Here are some tips to recognize this poker software:

• Poker bots always take a decision in a certain time. They don't have to think about a difficult decision or an easy decision. If you see a poker player always making a decision within the same time frame whether it goes all-in, a bet called or another choice, then that is at least suspicious. A human poker player will always need a different number of seconds to think about a decision.
• A poker bot can also be recognized by the many tables it plays. Of course it is multitables something that is common in online poker. However, a poker bot will almost always play multiple tables. This in combination with Point 1 will make a player very suspicious. A poker player can't play many tables and then need 2 seconds each time to make a decision.
• Poker bots are often tuned to play certain ranges or cards with an x number of poker players at the table. If there are more or less players than the poker bot is set to, the poker bot will always do a sit-out until the desired number of poker players is at the table. If the software is set to 4 to 7 players, it will always do a sit out if there are less than 4 or more than 7 players playing at the table.
• Poker bots are never active in the chat. Now, of course, not every player is active in the chat, but often players Type A standard comment as nh (nice hand) or gg (good game). Now, that's not to say that a player who never does this is always a poker bot. However, a poker bot will never give a compliment in the chat.
• A poker bot always uses the same amount or % in certain situations. For example, they are programmed to always go all-in in certain situations or to always raise the big blind x number of times before the flop. While human poker players often vary in this or make weird bets.
• Poker bots are also active for as many hours as possible. Of course, poker players can not be active 24-7, if this is the case then this will immediately be noticeable at the poker website so that the poker bot falls through the basket. However, a poker bot will be active every day of the week for a large number of hours.

Of course, you can also use the knowledge that your opponent is a poker bot. If you know how to recognize the patterns you can estimate how the poker bot reacts or what choice it will make. Poker software plays without feeling and will always make the same choices. On the other hand, the poker bot will never get frustrated and tilt. As a result, the bot always plays at the same level. If you know how to exploit this then you can always be profitable player against this poker bot. Also, the poker bot can never recognize your bluff. Bluffing may have less effect.