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Friday, May 27, 2005
Online Poker Cheaters: Good News and Bad News
Here's the good news: If these losers can't play a single hand at a single table well enough to win then if they try playing multiple hands it stands to reason that, even with their ill-gotten knowledge, they will still lose…
Here’s the bad news: Winholdem allows them to cheat in 2 primary ways: 1. To manually play multiple hands at 1 table or multiple tables under more than 1 account/ID. 2. To program and use "bots" to automatically play hands for the user. Allowing the user to play many more hands than normal and to play multiple accounts/IDs simultaneously.
The following is from Pokerbot.com(their website) "Supported Online Poker Casino Sites: Paradise Poker, Party Poker and Poker Stars. WinHoldEm has complete support for the poker game of Texas Hold'Em including real money, play money, limit, no-limit, regular play and tournaments. "AutoPlayer has the ability to play Hold'Em for you and in fact it probably plays Hold'Em better than you. Obviously the AutoPlayer has nothing to do until you are seated and playing Hold'Em at a WH supported site. It does this by visually reading and analyzing the Hold'Em game state and deciding on a course of action Allin, Bet/Raise, Call/Check or Fold. It will automatically press the necessary button in the poker casino table window for you." "Online poker casinos do not want you to run WinHoldem. Some poker clients actively attempt to detect WinHoldem on your computer. There is nothing you can do to control how far they will go to do this. If they detect WinHoldem you are essentially at their mercy. Their reactions can range from just simply closing the poker software to closing your account and possibly conscripting your entire bankroll. " "WinPP is the solution to the problem. WinPP is a remote window control application. Essentially, WinPP is a very basic instance of PCAnyWhere. WinPP gives you the ability to see a copy of a window that is running on another computer. You avoid detection by running your poker software on a machine where WinHoldem is not installed. And you use WinPP to let your WinHoldem machine see the poker window. " "You need two computers. You must have physical access to two computers connected to a fast network such as a LAN. The idea is to run WinHoldem on one computer and run the online casino software on another computer. If you want absolute maximum chances to avoid detection, then make sure that WinHoldem is NOT installed on the casino computer. Technically speaking, there is nothing you can do to control exactly what the casino software can or cannot see on the computer where it is running unless you downloaded/installed all casino software to a restricted windows user account and you're running it from that restricted account. "
Professor77 sez "May God have mercy on our enemies because I won't."
I’m sure there is a lot of bots playing at most poker rooms. The poker rooms can fight back and make it harder to use bots but I believe its impossible to stop them totally. I think the more interesting question is: Can the pokerbots beat you? WinHoldEm can make money in low stakes fixed limit Holdém at least at 10-seated tables. But the profit at such low limits will be small. And since the user risks that the poker room will detect the cheating and confiscate his account question is if it’s worth it? If you are playing limit Holdém at full tables with blinds at 0,25-0,5, 0,5-1, 1-2 and you are a losing- or a breakeven player you are probably losing money to bots. But if you are a winning player at higher limits or at No-limit, the Poker bots that exists today will probably lose money to you . The biggest problem for the bots are shorthanded, 5- and 6-seated, No-limit. I think it will take years from now before any Bot can beat this game at any level. And during those years the people who tries to beat the game with bots will constantly lose money and help doing these games even more profitable for the strong solid players.
How not to lose to Poker Bots:
- Learn to play good solid poker and beat up the bots - Play No-limit or Pot-limit - Play shorthanded, 5- or 6-seaters - Chat with your opponents. If they cant tell you their name and what they do for a living its time to get suspicious. - The Winholdem software cannot read the EverestPoker.com screen. So it is a site where you will be more safe from Poker Bot users. Winning Online Poker
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Understand all of the potential consequences of your actions so that you may properly balance the competing goals of survival and chip accumulation.Every time the action passes to you whether it is to bet, check, raise, or fold, any action or inaction you choose will have consequences.Therefore, it is imperative that you consider all of the consequences prior to making a decision.In no limit hold âem tournaments, a failure to consider all of the consequences can be fatal.If you make a substantial semi-bluff bet from early position after the flop, you must know what you will do in the event of a re-raise.Any tournament strategy should revolve around two main driving forces â chip accumulation and survival.These two forces will frequently be at odds with each other because in order to survive, you must protect your chips and in order to advance, you must accumulate chips.Therein lies the paradox of tournament poker.You must accumulate chips without jeopardizing your own stack.How do you accomplish this?While it is impossible to play poker with zero risk, careful consideration of all of the consequences of every action on your part can certainly minimize your risk and give you a significant advantage.Poker is a game of imperfect information, which is why it is so important at least to know all of the available information each time it is your turn to act.Maximizing your knowledge will open the door for you to pick up chips at minimum risk.To learn more about this principle and other principles, read Tournament Poker and The Art of War.
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In the early nineteen-eighties, I defined a concept that would become central to my teachings about poker and the world beyond. It explains the enigma of relationships. It defines a world of comparative talents that isn't always easily listed in ascending order. Understanding it will make your life less confusing. Here is a lecture I delivered about a decade ago on the subject...
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It's based upon a puzzling truth, long known to those who ponder such things - the truth that strengths are not always ordered by hierarchy. Sometimes stren... Continue reading Today's Word is... Conception
If I told you that you could win a half of a million dollars playing poker without leaving your house or apartment, would that be something you'd be in interested in? Of course, you are! The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) sponsored by PokerStars allows you the opportunity to play in the largest online poker tournament with prize pools that rival the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker. The most appealing aspect of the WCOOP is that you do not have to travel long distances to play against some of the best players in the world. All you have to do is turn on your computer and log on to PokerStars.
On September 16th, PokerStars kicks off the 2006 World Championship of Online Poker featuring 18 different tournaments, ending with the $3 million guaranteed NL main event on October 1st. Just like the winners at the WSOP, every event winner in the WCOOP will also be awarded a gold bracelet. The 2006 WCOOP will be the largest series of online poker tournamen... Continue reading 2006 WCOOP
In my prior article I addressed starting requirements of stud and how they differed from hold 'em. Let me address the later streets in this the second part of this two part series.
If you are selective on Third Street, you will generally continue to bet your Premium Pairs, even if they don't improve, unless you see opponents who seem to have surpassed your hand. On the other hand, if you are going for a straight or a flush with a drawing hand, you generally want to call or check, sticking around cheaply until you make your hand.
In Stud, unlike in Hold Em, you have extra information available to you to help you determine where you stand relative to your opponents - both in terms of your hand's current value and its prospects for improvement. You need to take advantage of this information.
You need to keep an eye on the cards you need to make your hand, as well as the cards that may help your opponents' hands. Stud is a game of live cards. If... Continue reading A Stud Lesson for Hold'Em Players, PART 2 OF 2
Last issue I revealed how our local maniac stumbled onto an extremely effective strategy in tournament play. The wording here has double meaning as Doug was usually plastered at this point in the tournament as a result of his intake of alcohol. While everyone else was tightening up their play hoping that someone else would get unlucky and bomb out, Doug was stealing pot after pot and increasing his stack size even more. It didn't matter to Doug whether he won or lost and as a result he had no fear. This made his aggressive play even more effective than usual and doubly so in tournaments (at least on the sober and reasonably minded players).
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]]> http://www.pokerplayernewspaper.com 3Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:00:00 -0500 - - - I've run into people even now who do not know that I have not dealt a card in over 5 years - sans some extra curricular activity that I am waiting to divulge. No matter, to them I am still that dealer that dealt them broke, a jackpot or have always given them good cards. So, even though your opponents at the table are either betting, folding, or receiving cards, the one person that players remember just as well are the dealers.
Conversely, when I dealt the cards and then played afterwards, I would make mental note of most of the player's tendencies as it related to some unconscious gestures they would do.
That brings me to the point that I was illustrating in my last paragraph in the last issue. People reveal more about themselves unconsciously than if they were to engage you in conversation. Before there was ever card games people were revealing "tells" about themselves on a daily basis.
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1 Comments:
I’m sure there is a lot of bots playing at most poker rooms. The poker rooms can fight back and make it harder to use bots but I believe its impossible to stop them totally.
I think the more interesting question is: Can the pokerbots beat you?
WinHoldEm can make money in low stakes fixed limit Holdém at least at 10-seated tables. But the profit at such low limits will be small. And since the user risks that the poker room will detect the cheating and confiscate his account question is if it’s worth it?
If you are playing limit Holdém at full tables with blinds at 0,25-0,5, 0,5-1, 1-2 and you are a losing- or a breakeven player you are probably losing money to bots.
But if you are a winning player at higher limits or at No-limit, the Poker bots that exists today will probably lose money to you .
The biggest problem for the bots are shorthanded, 5- and 6-seated, No-limit. I think it will take years from now before any Bot can beat this game at any level. And during those years the people who tries to beat the game with bots will constantly lose money and help doing these games even more profitable for the strong solid players.
How not to lose to Poker Bots:
- Learn to play good solid poker and beat up the bots
- Play No-limit or Pot-limit
- Play shorthanded, 5- or 6-seaters
- Chat with your opponents. If they cant tell you their name and what they do for a living its time to get suspicious.
- The Winholdem software cannot read the EverestPoker.com screen. So it is a site where you will be more safe from Poker Bot users.
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