Released on = August 19, 2006, 6:02 am

Press Release Author = WealthyMarketer

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = There could be a problem on the horizon for major online
poker rooms. It comes in the form of a poker bot. A piece of software programmed to
play online poker, against humans.

Press Release Body = The recent influx of online pokers has hit new limits, with
millions being poured into television advertising deals thousands are joining each
day. This boom has almost mirrored the levels involved in the dot com boom of the
late nineties. With the online poker industry estimated to be worth in the region of
$160 billion.

But there could be a problem on the horizon for major online poker rooms. It comes
in the form of a poker bot. A piece of software programmed to play online poker,
against humans.

"It is pretty much a certainty that bots are playing online," said Gautam Rao, a
43-year-old Canadian poker pro who regularly plays three high-stakes Internet games
simultaneously. ". What we don't know is how strong they are."

That was until now...

Just this week a new site was launched. It sells a poker bot, dubbed \"Poker Bobby\"
by the creators. This poker bot is a new breed, unlike other bots until now which
generally lost. Poker Bobby has ransacked online casino\'s causing thousands of
genuine players to leave.

This new bot was programmed differently. It doesn\'t just make decisions based on the
cards in front of it. Every play made by players on the table is logged to form a
\'table image\'. Which helps the bot to make incredibly informed decisions.

The problem facing the CEO of partypoker.com, Vikrant Bhargava, is that: The use of
bots it not illegal, it can\'t even be classed as cheating.

Ever since the aptly named accountant Chris Moneymaker parlayed a $40 Internet
tournament buy-in into a $2.5 million championship at the World Series of Poker in
2003, card shark wannabes have been chasing their fantasies onto the Net. Some even
quit their day jobs and try to make a living at online poker. And why not? This
shadowy world is driven by no less a force than the great American dream. As the
tournament\'s motto goes, \"Anyone can win.\" There\'s one problem, though, as
Poker_legend is about to demonstrate: The rules of the game are different online.

An extract from an article in a poker magazine, Inside Edge, about Poker Bobby:

\"It\'s late one Wednesday afternoon, and Poker_legend is logged on to PartyPoker.com
and ready to play. Onscreen, this player exudes a certain brash charisma - broad
shoulders, immaculate brown hair, restless animatronic eyes. He looks like he should
be playing synth in Kraftwerk. Instead, he is seated at a virtual table with nine
other avatars, wagering on limit Texas hold \'em.

Poker_legend is a robot. Unlike the other icons at the table, there is no human
placing his bets and playing his cards. He is controlled by Poker Bobby, the first
commercially available auto playing poker software. Seat him at the table and he
will apply strategy gleaned from decades of research. While carbon-based players
munch Ding Dongs, yawn, guzzle beer, reply to email, take phone calls, and chat on
IM, Poker_legend (a pseudonym) is running the numbers so it will know,
statistically, when to hold \'em and when to fold \'em.\"

But worse for sites like PartyPoker is that Bobby was developed by the same
programmer who created their bot detecting software. Bobby\'s play is so lifelike, he
could never be detected.

Bots are subject to the same cold streaks as real players. But, unlike humans, the
machines play with relentless cunning and tireless discipline, raking in small pots
from low-limit tables where less-experienced opponents hang out.

For more details see: www.pokerbobby.com/go/getloads/

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