{"id":6635,"date":"2020-07-15T01:30:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T06:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=6635"},"modified":"2021-12-14T04:47:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T10:47:25","slug":"poker-bots-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/poker-bots-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Poker Bots: Are They Smarter Than You?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Poker is a game of skill with\na healthy dose of luck thrown in. That\u2019s if you\u2019re pretty good. For most casual\nonline players it\u2019s a game with plenty of upswings and downswings and a\nlong-term Return On Investment (ROI) that will do nicely for a few extra Christmas\npresents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But just as tracking software\nhas given players the edge over their opponents, so bots are threatening to\ntake things up a notch or three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where tracking software was\nonce the ultimate tool for online players, the bots have taken things to a\nwhole new level. And the software is getting smarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Better software and data\navailability has led to a rise in predictive methods for everything from\nsportsbetting to the stock market. Unsurprisingly that has now stretched to a\nfew hands of No Limit Hold\u2019em.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But can software ever replicate the psychology of a Will Kassouf<\/a> needle or a large dose of Phil Ivey aggression? Can you really get rich playing online with a bot? Let\u2019s take a closer look at poker bots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Poker Bots Work<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Poker bots are pieces of software used on online poker sites<\/a> (usually) by players who can\u2019t beat the game normally. Bots are computers that use mathematics and player knowledge to attempt to beat real-life human players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bots run in the background\nand as standalone programs alongside the client you\u2019re running. Primarily, they\ntrack the hands that have been played and make observations that the human eye\nmay not be able to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s like an HUD<\/a> but it actually plays for you too. Running a bot is pretty easy, as long as they are permitted by the poker site you\u2019re playing at. They\u2019re just downloadable programs and they come with clear instruction manuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are plenty of bots for sale\non the open market. They can tackle cash, MTTs or Omaha but none guarantee a\nwinning run over the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That hasn\u2019t stopped some\nsites cracking down on them though. PokerStars was investigating a suspected\nhigh-profile case of bots in 2016\u2019s Turbo Championship of Online Poker. The\nplayer was eventually found to be human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later it also emerged that a\ngroup of Russian players had used bots to win over $1.5 million on PLO cash\ngames on the site. The world\u2019s largest poker room later made changes to ban all\nthird-party software from its tables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Makes Bots\nTick?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Initially, bots were quite simplistic, and even if you weren\u2019t aware\nyou\u2019re up against a bot, an average player would have no problem beating them.\nHowever, as time goes by and technology advances, things are starting to\nchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modern-day bots are capable of using stats and complex calculations performed by so-called solvers. Solvers play a huge role in today\u2019s games as they represent the ultimate learning tool for the players. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But they can be abused as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A poker bot can \u201cremember\u201d virtually countless numbers of pre-calculated\nscenarios, meaning it can produce a correct response in many different\nsituations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that kind of base knowledge, bots are becoming a severe threat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Hold\u2019em is getting closer to becoming a \u201csolved\u201d game, these bots are\ngaining more and more ground over human players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, while some sites are doing a fair bit to try and tackle the issue,\nnot all bot play can be easily detected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bot-like software could also be used by a human player. They could have\nthe software running alongside the poker client (or even on an entirely\ndifferent computer, making any kind of detection virtually impossible), feeding\nthem the information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, while you\u2019re not technically up against a bot, you\u2019re effectively\nplaying against the one. It may be a human being clicking the buttons, but it\nis the bot that\u2019s telling them exactly what to do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this scenario, the human player is nothing more than an auto-clicker, but it\u2019s much harder to trace and detect using automated methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New Generation Of Bot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Researchers are busy\ndeveloping new bots that are effectively better than people. Not only\ndo they play optimum strategy in particular situations, but they can also bet\nhard and, most importantly, bluff just like humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, the Game Theory Optimum (GTO) <\/a>strategy has come a long way. This is an approach to the game that seeks the best possible plays in every scenario regardless of other players\u2019 actions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, if you can play perfect\nGTO, you don\u2019t have to worry about what other players are doing \u2013 you will make\na profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, if you know a bit\nabout Hold\u2019em or PLO, you are aware that these are very complex games, so\nremembering what the GTO play is for every possible situation is virtually\nimpossible for a human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not for a bot, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bots don\u2019t have problems with\nmemory, and don\u2019t get confused. As long as they run on a computer with enough\nstorage space and processing power, they can reach a perfect decision for every\nscenario. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this is dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One comforting fact is that\nGTO is still not perfect – Hold\u2019em hasn\u2019t been completely solved yet – meaning bots\ndon\u2019t have access to a perfect and unbeatable strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, things are\nchanging fast, and there are better and better poker-playing software solutions\nout there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Man vs Machines<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The game of poker has been\nrecognized as an excellent testing ground for AI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike chess, which used to\nenjoy this title, poker, especially Hold\u2019em, has many aspects that are hard to\ncalculate. You can fold the best hand if you feel like it, and you can move all\nin to win a tiny pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, these aren\u2019t\nnecessarily your best options, but you are free to resort to them if you so\nchoose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is this random factor that\nappeals to the experts. The number of choices a player has at any given point\nin time is virtually limitless. Therefore, developing an AI that can handle the\nmess and come out on top has implications that go well beyond the green felt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such an AI could be used for\ncomplex simulations and come up with solutions for situations with highly\nuncertain outcomes. It\u2019s quite clear why such software could be highly useful\nin military, medicine, strategic planning, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for those running poker\nbots, the goal is simple: making money off of unsuspecting players.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest bots have shown to\nbe quite efficient vs. humans, and although the best of the best are still\nmanaging to hold their own, it seems like it\u2019s getting harder for humans to\nkeep up with the technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Increased Threat Over The\nYears<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2016, A bot known as Baby\nTartanian 8 won the Annual Computer Poker Competition. It was believed to be\nthe \u2018best poker bot\u2019 ever invented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While other bots have been\nable to crack Limit Hold\u2019em, with its strict and fairly basic betting patterns,\nBaby Tartanian 8 has been proven to beat No Limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Limit has so many more\nfacets to the game than Limit: the all-in raise, betting for value, the sheer\nrange of moves on each turn card. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why the BT8 bot created\nsuch a buzz. Its algorithms have been set up to deal with the \u201cunknowns\u201d of\nHold\u2019em (i.e. you don\u2019t know your opponents\u2019 cards).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, an Artificial\nIntelligence dubbed poker bot Libratus was pitched against four top poker\nplayers. Each of them played heads up No-Limit Hold\u2019em against the AI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the challenge was announced, the whole world was convinced human players would claim an easy victory based on similar matchups in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, after 20 days of\nplay, it turned out Libratus won more than $1.7 million worth of chips in\ntotal. A handsome and unexpected victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the first time AI was\nable to defeat top-ranking human players head-to-head. For the team from Carnegie\nMellon University that developed the AI, this was a great victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the poker community,\nthough, it was concerning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Libratus was only\ntriumphant in one-on-one play. Many believed that science was still far away\nfrom creating an AI that could actually overcome human players in a\nmulti-player setting, so the threat wasn\u2019t as significant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then, in 2019, a new\npoker bot came about, called Pluribus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike its predecessors,\nPluribus was designed to handle scenarios with multiple players, and it was\ntested in a six-max setting. Once again, researchers gathered some of the\nbrightest poker minds to try and challenge their AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AI was tested in two different\nscenarios. In one, it was one AI against five human opponents, and in another,\nfive AI players against each other and one human. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In both cases, Pluribus was\nable to gain a significant advantage, winning around $5 per hand (which is\nenormous) when playing against five human opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this latest AI\nbreakthrough, scientists have proven they\u2019re capable of creating a poker bot\nthat can hold its own and even come out ahead in complex 6-max scenarios. A bot\nsuch as this would represent a big challenge if it were to get into the wrong\nhands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the time being, an\naverage bot user probably doesn\u2019t have access to a high-tech poker-playing AI\nsuch as Pluribus. But worringly the technology is out there, and so is the\nproof of concept. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s now clear that it\u2019s possible\nto create a poker bot that can beat humans in Texas Hold\u2019em, both heads-up and\nmulti-handed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beating The Bots: Teaming Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The new generation of bots\ncan handle many more hand scenarios than the original bots, which just had the\ncapacity to call, fold, or go all-in. The downside is they are expensive and\ndifficult to develop, and getting hold of one is also tricky. Aside from that, most\npoker sites have banned them entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carl Sampson is a trainer and\npoker pro who is well-known in the gambling world. For him, having a strong\nteam of players around you is a great way of beating the software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheats and colluders have\nexisted in online poker since the first games appeared. Individual players are\nat a distinct disadvantage because they work and play alone, and can\u2019t share\ninformation on suspicious behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a team of players\nhelping each other spot the cheats \u2013 or in this case, bots \u2013 Sampson believes\nthe bots can be weeded out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just like financial traders\nwork together to improve their results, players need to start working as a\ncollective to beat the game. Indeed, with the online game getting tougher and\ntougher, it\u2019s vital that players share information and work together to plug\nthe leaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been quite a few\nexamples of this kind of cooperation between the players, which led to\nunearthing bot rings and putting a stop to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though poker is a game\nwhere it\u2019s every player for themselves, in these types of situations, it\u2019s\nvital for the community to come together to protect the integrity of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spotting bots on your own is\nmuch harder, especially on larger sites where there is significant player\ntraffic. People running these types of bot networks have learned from their\nmistakes, so they make sure to regularly change the names of their bots and\ncome up with new \u201cplayers,\u201d making tracking harder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, these bots usually\nshare the same central knowledge-base, and this is probably their biggest\nvulnerability. With good cooperation between the players and several people\ncapable of reading and comparing stats at a high level, these bots can still be\nstopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spot The Bot: 6 Signs You\u2019re\nUp Against A Bot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Identical Times\nFor Decisions:<\/strong> Is that opponent taking 32 seconds on each and\nevery decision? If so, that coincidence might be just be a bot\u2019s programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Identical Bet\nSizes:<\/strong> Just because the bets are the same time and time\nagain, it doesn\u2019t mean your opponent is a multi-tabling god who just doesn\u2019t\nhave time to talk to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check The HUD\nLines:<\/strong> Lots of poker bots feed off tracking software\nstats and make decisions accordingly. But it swings both ways: if you can use a\nHUD on your site, do your own research on them. If you find several players at\nthe table with identical pre-flop bet stats over a long period of time, you\ncould be under attack from more than one bot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you notice a player is\nmaking the same fold to your 6bb raise, make it a regular move. The bot won\u2019t\nback off in fear, remember. It will just fold. Try a re-raise with any two\ncards for several hands in a row and see if it does the trick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zero Chat:<\/strong> Despite\nrepeated attempts to talk to your opponent in the chatbox, you don\u2019t get a\nreply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call Security:<\/strong> Most major\npoker sites have an integrity unit whose job is to weed out bots and put a stop\nto the accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make Lots Of\nAdjustments:<\/strong> If you suspect your opponent is a bot, you can\nmake slight and regular adjustments to your play to throw them off the scent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All these tips will\ndefinitely help you deal with poker bots. However, you should be aware that the\ncoding of these automated players is getting better every day. Bot creators\nhave started to add various random elements to their programs to make it much\nharder to track patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, they\u2019ll give\ntheir bots decision timers that aren\u2019t fixed but fluctuate between point A and\npoint B. This means the same bot can take 3 seconds to make one decision and\n10+ seconds for the very next one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same goes for their\ntendencies and frequencies. Advanced bots have a way to adjust their play\naccording to the current situation and \u201creads\u201d (stats) they have on other\nplayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All this being said, poker\nbots are (thankfully) still far from perfect, and you can successfully track\nsome of their tendencies and find a way to work around them. It may be harder\nthan five or 10 years ago, and you may need to readjust your approach\nfrequently, but it\u2019s still doable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will Poker Bots\nKill Online Poker As We Know It?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The biggest concern many\nplayers have is whether these bots will completely ruin the game. It\u2019s hard to\nmake predictions for what might happen in the future, of course, but it\u2019s safe\nto say we\u2019re not there just yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most poker bots are focused\non cash game tables. MTT players don\u2019t have to deal with many bots, and the\nreason for this may be the fact that the AI behind them isn\u2019t geared to handle\nthe ever-changing nature of poker tournaments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cash game players have it\nharder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s no secret that there are\nbots hanging around, even at very respectable stakes at certain poker rooms.\nBut the operators are mainly taking a stance against these poker robots, and\nmany of them will likely do their best to protect actual players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the game of poker may change and will almost certainly change in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether it\u2019ll include bots or not is anyone\u2019s guess, but even if poker rooms allow it, I have very little doubt in my mind that human players will come up with very effective strategies to beat the new competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, poker has always\nbeen about adapting to changes, so there is no reason to think bots will\nsomehow kill the game we all love and enjoy so much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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