Are poker bots raking online pots?
Pull up a chair at a friendly poker game in a buddy’s den and you probably know the other players and have some idea of their card-playing weaknesses like Big Al’s habit of fingering his chips when he’s itching to raise. But take a seat at a table in one of the rapidly multiplying online card rooms and there’s no telling who’s sitting to your right or if the player is even human. Concern is growing in online chat rooms and news groups devoted to poker that sophisticated card-playing robots …
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Useful poker terms:
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
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