Poker Bots

[nancylebov]

Poker bots are moving into online poker.

Is there any way to modify poker to leave it as a good game while making it less computer-friendly?

Bobby Fischer has invented chess variant with random openings (somewhat constrained) that doesn't reward memorizing openings--it's not clear whether it's more or less suseptable to computer analysis than standard chess is.

A fast googling suggests that there isn't a lot of betting on go, the most major computer-resistant game, whether online or off. Considering how old go is and assuming my google fu was adequate, this may suggest that betting on go is somehow unsatisfying.

Any predictions for the future of online betting? Will the whole thing focus on investments?

Comments

[zenlizard]

>Any predictions for the future of online betting

No way *I'm* taking that bait.

[darius.livejournal.com]

I don't know much about poker, but it's already considered very challenging by AI researchers.

Earthweb by Marc Stiegler is one big scenario about the future of online betting in prediction markets. It develops that idea well but I didn't like it as a novel -- things like the Alien Menace were too obviously stuck in to make a plot to hang the ideas on.

Chess960; go

[(Anonymous)]

Computers are already capable of taking on grandmasters at Fischer's Chess960, so it doesn't look as though it's significantly more computer-resistant than standard chess.

Gambling on go does occur. I believe it's reasonably popular in Korea in the form of "bangneki", where the amount of money won or lost depends on the margin of victory. See http://senseis.xmp.net/?BangNeki