News Report: Polaris creator says bots are not a problem for online poker players

[PAP Bloggers]

Has anybody been following the story about recent claims that computer programs will “destroy online poker”? Last week, Andrew Smith’s widely read column on the Dallas Technology Blog claimed that this was “probably” the case, citing as evidence recent articles on the topic that ran in the EE Times (”AI beats human poker champions” and “Card-playing [...]

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[punchtheclock]

There are 2 reasons that bots won't destroy poker. First, the point iluded to by Bryce and others...Polaris is so advanced, that nobody who has interest in using it to cheat will be able to implement it.

Second, if superusers on UB and AP don't even effect the games on their own sites, then the idea of bots having a large effect is just rediculous.

[NathanPAP]

I agree. I don't fully understand why this is such a big debate right now.