Intriguing press releases from a company called Casino Robots were
cropping up all over the Internet this week, punting ".....an
intelligent software robot capable of consistently winning games of
Texas Hold'Em Poker at popular online Poker Rooms."
Poker Robot Collusion Edition for Windows is claimed to be able automatically
and simultaneously to play in up to nine of the ten seats available
per game, for real money, using a strategy advocated by an unidentified
nine-time World Champion of Poker. No knowledge or experience of Poker
is required, the blurb claims.
"This combination of statistically sound strategy and awareness
of nine of the ten hands in play inevitably results in consistent
wins for the robot Poker players," the release reveals.
"No knowledge or experience of Poker is required. However,
if the user wishes to play in multiple seats themselves they can manually
override the robot player decisions with the click of a mouse button.
Users can also alter the rank of hands played, the types of table
to be selected and the duration of play. The progress of each game
session is displayed and updated in real-time. Poker Robot Collusion
Edition also draws upon the analytical capabilities of Poker Trainer,
our comprehensive Texas Hold'Em Poker odds calculator and opponent
analysis tool."
Internet poker is big business, with an estimated US$180 million wagered
at online Poker tables every day. Playing (or should that be 'preying')
on this trend, Casino Robots claims that its software demonstrates
that online Poker Rooms are unable to prevent collusion. "Whilst
it may on occasion be suspected, it remains impossible to prove that
collusion has occurred." the hype continues, with apparent
scant regard for the evils of collusion and cheating.
This ethics-challenged provider also develops intelligent software
capable of playing Blackjack, Poker and Roulette at popular online
Poker Rooms and Casinos.
Something tells us that it will not be long before a counter measure
is active...there might even be one available right now.