Is the end near for online poker because of bots?
Recently, Polaris creator Dr. Darse Billing has came on record and stated that the concept of an online poker bot crushing human competitors is a stretch: Polaris probably sports one of the most advanced Artificial Intelligence systems yet developed for applications of this sort, but Dr. Billings wrote that it does not present a serious problem for human players despite its impressive performance against professional players and Stoxpoker coaches alike in recent times. Blogger Andrew Smith opined that because online poker is anonymous, this could impact the future for online poker rooms as the integrity-challenged could put poker bots, as humans, into various online games. This assertion appeared to overlook the millions of dollars invested in sophisticated poker bot identification software by major online poker companies like Poker Stars and Full Tilt. Billings did not hold back in his response to the opinion, calling it a “ridiculous conclusion.” Polaris was the product of scientific
