Here is an interesting story about "poker bots," automated computer programs that could be playing against you in an online poker room near you. Snippet from the MSNBC.com story:
Widespread use of bots capable of beating your average player would pose a significant problem for the red-hot online poker sector, which has grown exponentially in recent years and is expected to top the $1 billion revenue mark this year. Without some way of verifying the identity – and humanity – of players, the business could be significantly undercut.
Hard to believe, but online poker is now a $1 billion industry, thanks in part to reality television and the celebrity poker tournament TV shows. What made for VERY cheap television programming (what's cheaper than setting up some lights and a few cameras around a card table) has now created a new industry.
What' perplexes me is that a few weeks ago, I wanted to buy some decent poker chips for my friendly in-person poker games. It was almost next to impossible to find a store in Atlanta that sold them. HELLO - stores need to make "poker" hay while the sun shines.
Read the full story here.
P.S. Finally bought this set of poker chips from Brookstone. Very cool.
-aB
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