Tuesday, October 19, 2010

The 2010 Internet Poker AI Convention





My attendence wasn't welcome, but me and my crack team of convention attendees (me and the dog) attended some useful seminars, got a free tote bag and 2 pens and generally made ourselves annoying. Especially after the dog peed on that Asian models foot and I had to buy her off with a lifetime supply of Ben and Jerry's.

There is no doubt that my focus has been on PokerStars. And why not? They're allegedly the biggest and mst realistic site. In reality they are the most aggressive at trying to present AI as real people.

But, as this convention proved, it's really just all of them.

City Poker is a tiny site that probably uses the poker to also try to suck you into their sports betting. I don't know how you can cheat on the sports gambling. It would take billions of dollars to fix the games. But to cater to all the real money gambling addicts they've definitely picked up the PokerStars/Absolute/Ultimate/whatever sites I haven't visited yet race table program mentality.

Omaha Hi-Lo is the embarrassed poster boy of the race table. For a real human it smooths out the chances of losing dozens of hands in a row, even with rigged cards. Thereafter, the admins can decide if they want to cater to you and give you a Free Trial Period where you do pretty well, break out the credit card...

And lose real money.

The dog's math is pretty weak.

I am thirsty. There's water in my dish. I drink.
I am hungry. There's crap food in my bowl. Bug the human for a treat.
I am tired. Bug the human for a treat.
I am bored. Bug the human for a treat.
I'm horny. Bug the human for a treat then hump the chair leg.

This is a 10k buy in game. And without "people" playing for days with random cards the only way this doodlesnot can exist is by AI feeding.

BTW - dog is about to get a treat for being patient as I get cheated.

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