Robots or bots on the poker rooms have always been a hot topic in the world of online poker. What should I think? Are there legal? Are there moral? One thing is certain, very few operators tolerated and Svenska Spel, the Swedish operator, is no exception. Today the story making chat is that multiple bots would have earned over $ 1. 8 M$ on the poker room playing games ranging from 50nl to l500 cashs.
The doubts have started there is a little more than 4 months. Initially, it was suspected that some accounts were bots without having evidence. After 4 months of surveillance, Svenska Spel has determined that it was indeed of bots and they had won (or fly, in his own words) the sum of 1, $8M. Following this announcement, 14 accounts have been blocked on the network.
Chinese a history that will remind the collusion in the sit'go double or nothing on PokerStars. In this case of collusion, 25,000 players had repay more than 2, 1 M$.
According to some specialists, the bots can exploit means players, but are still unable to win against the best players in poker. Bit player like on their tables when they are well programmed (and therefore harder to operate).
Other articles PokerCollectif dealing with bots:
http://www.pokercollectif.com/poker-en-ligne/captainsausage-prend-13000-a-des-bots-sur-merge.html
http://www.pokercollectif.com/poker-en-ligne/full-tilt-poker-rembourse-Victimes-des-bots.html
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