Full Tilt lead the line in battle against poker bots
Surely most online poker players have at times felt that their opponents, through their grasp of odds, cannot be human.
And it turns out they may well be right as one leading site announces that it is to refund players who may have fallen victim to card-playing robots.
Full Tilt has admitted that a number of bots have infiltrated its Texas Hold’em Limit tables and may even have got onto the no-limit tables, however, due to their nature they have been almost impossible to catch out.
The security department at Full Tilt has sent out emails to a number of players telling them that they had fallen victim to the scam and confirming that they will be refunded for their losses.
While they have yet to announce any of the names of the rogue robot players, both Japinthesack and BeatMe1 have been mentioned on several online forums after arousing the suspicions of genuine players.
Of course, while the robots may be better at calculating odds, humans can also have advantages as they can bluff and play emotionally, as proven comprehensively in the recent man versus machine tournament in Canada.