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has nothing to do with code. most will use 'screenscrapers' that constantly take screenshots and interpret them based on a set of parameters. they process the information, run it through a set of algorythms and instruct the system to perform mouse clicks on the areas where the buttons should be. Building a functional bot is easy. building a winning bot is much more difficult. theres just too many factors to consider on each decision. (position, board texture, opponents past play, tells like delays in betting, and on and on). I know some guys who have tried running bots, but had to sit there an

What NL books would you recommend to learn how to play a big stack better through the early and mid portions of a tournament...I seem to play a short-stack extremely well, a medium-stack OK, and I'm a complete idiot with a big stack and I realize this has got to change ...ps ... My NL experience lately is limited to SNGs a lot ... I never use to be bad at playing a Big Stack and I have a feeling my recent incompetence is somehow related to playing SNGs but I'm not sure how ... anyone with a similar experience or suggestions, please advise (in addition to books) .. Thanks

this was mentioned in another thread, but i think it's interesting enough to deserve its own ...To summarize: They were suppose to break day2 when they got down to 27 players ... but they got down to 27 in like 4 hours of play and there was a snow storm or something (i think) ... Ivey objected to continuing to play ...The internet speculation seems to be he did it to put people on tilt or he was running bad and wanted a break ... Does anyone have a better explanation?I'm just guessing, but might it not have something to do with Side Games ... all those top tournament pros with nothing to do an

I've been fooling around the past couple of days on the WSOP Steps on Party Poker and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on how to approach them????How many have tried them? They're kind of funWhat Step is optimal to buyin at --- how conservative should you play each Step etc.??? And when are you being too conservative?http://www.partypoker.com/news/events/wsop-steps.htmlWSOP Step 1 ($12)Rank(1) Advance Step2; (2-5) try again Step1; (6) $6; (7-10) DropOutWSOP Step2 ($55)Rank(1-2) Advance Step3; (3-7) Drop to Step1; (8-10) DropOutWSOP Step3 ($220)Rank(1-3) Advance Step4; (4) Step3;

I personally find Greenstein a little bit loveable ...And his opinions get to the heart of what it means to be a great player.Is the greatest poker player the one who can (a) beat the best players in the world or (B) massacre bad player by the widdest margin????

I'm probably going out on a limp here, but I think Hellmuth's main event win at the 1989 WSOP was the greatest poker accomplishment ever.He's still the youngest main event winner and he had to defeat the reigning back-to-back champion (Chan) to do it ... I think you would need a Hellmuth-size ego to be able to handle it and actually believe you could win ...While I think it's possible to see a 24-year-old eventually break Hellmuth's record as the youngest main event winner, it won't carry nearly the same weight in the "Internet Poker Era" ... How Hellmuth gained the experience (by the age of 2

I'd like to second whomever recommended Hellmuth's book ... If you've never played before and want an interesting read, I think it's the best ... It keeps it simple and interesting ...I'd also think about sending him Super System's 1 ... The bio on Brunson is interesting, and I think the LHE section by Bobby Baldwin is one of the most under-rated books on Limit ever written ... It's also pretty interesting ...

The first thing to accept is there are VERY VERY few Bad Beats ... There is a reason they call it 'gambling' ... poker is NOT a skill game in the short-run, only in the long-run ... accepting this and not always thinking you are 'entitled' to win a hand because you have a 62.5 to 37.5 edge etc. when all the money goes in the middle, is the best remedy ...Specifically, if you're talking 4:1 odds (classic overPair vs Pair All-In PreFlop -- KKvTT or 88v77) ... realize that if you do this 3 times, you will lose at least once, 50% of the time (.8*.8*.8 = .51) ... the simple lesson is to avoid calli

I think it's important to start at the very lowest limits to learn bankroll management discipline... it's arguably the most important skill a poker player can have to ensure long-term success...Personally, I started with $20 on Pacific (I'm not sure you can deposit that little anymore) ...Here's a short story:After two days I wasnt very good, was probably never going to play again (I'd only seen it on EPSN), I'd never played a live game in my life, and had lost most of the $20... (i didnt so much like poker at the moment)... was playing .05/.10 and I was down to .73 cents to start the hand ...

... this is obviously pure speculation, but there's a possible "median" explanation ...Chan might very well have made a mistake by betting 13k (5k does seem a much more reasonable bet in this case), but once he made the mistake it was in his best interest to do a little acting and exploit the error because his opponent was likely to try and take advantage of it.This story seems pretty similar to Fischman's Cardplayer article ("don't snow a snower") ...

if you play like a rock in 10-handed Limit, your often going to end up with TopPair (good kicker) or an overPair ...you'll make most of your money when topPair holds up, and lose most of your money when you get beat on the Turn (get Check-raised for example) and then pay it off ... the discipline not to payoff is much more important than hand selection ...

I did something similar for about month in AC last year ... My information may be out of date, but here's my perspective ...The Taj, Borgata, and Trop have the 3 big poker rooms ... I played in all three for substantial periods of time & tried a couple smaller rooms (Harrah's etc.) ...If you're planning on playing 50-80 hours a week, I think the only option is the Borgata ... The Taj is simply too dirty and the slot machines too noisy to maintain your sanity for extended periods of time ... The Trop is not as bad, but it's too dark and a little too depressing ... Plus the players at the Bo

SNGs can definitely be profitable, but it entirely depends upon your strengths ...The Party SNGs are very easy ...I'd say the $100-SNGs are comparable to $5/10 limit games in skill.The blind structure escalates quickly (start w 1,000 chips only) ... so you need 3 skills to do well ...1) Shortstack skills --- are you good at surviving on a short stack near the 'money' bubble in a Multi-Table Tourney ... If you are, then SNGs are for you (and the quick blind structure can help).2) Tournament Strategy --- making money in SNGs has very little to do with classic 'poker skills' ... it's all about to

He went to Southern Methodist University in Dallas....they like to think of it as Princeton on the Prairie....LOLHe spent his freshman year at Princeton, but transferred to SMU. Probably cuz he had to live in New Jersey. jersey is a lot better then what ever lame ass place you liveI live in lame ass Boston, but I lived in north NJ for a while and always found it funny how everyone from jersey always thinks NJ is the best place on earth ... can't help but tease :-)

He went to Southern Methodist University in Dallas....they like to think of it as Princeton on the Prairie....LOLHe spent his freshman year at Princeton, but transferred to SMU. Probably cuz he had to live in New Jersey.