A wolf in sheep’s clothing
Online poker bots seem to be gaining popularity in the present age. A poker bot is software programmed to calculate and recommend an action, or the program itself can take that action automatically or let you determine whether you want to take that action during a poker game.
Hold’Em & Omaha bots
Several companies have developed these bots, but at large, the most popular remains the shanky bot, developed by Shanky Technologies. Several features make the shanky bot superior to other products of its caliber in the market amongst them its ability to take action on previous betting rounds into consideration before decision making, standard bets on flops, its disguise as a common application to screen scrapers and its ease of configuration. The Shanky bot comprises of two major products: the Holdem bot and the Omaha bot.
Hold’Em botting
The holdem bot is provided free and is very easy to use. It comprises of algorithms coded to establish a certain pattern, which makes them the smartest bot online. It combines neural network technology with game simulation to gain an edge in poker play. The holdem bot plays automatically, to win both real and play money. It can play many tables at the same time thereby making more money per hour. It plays well at a maximum of six tables, meaning, it tends to be less populated by other bots. This enables it to program tight solid profiles, rather than solid – aggressive styles for beating short handed games. This bot is available at full tilt, the second largest poker room on internet. It is also available in bodog poker room, which combines good graphics with a functional lobby, ub.com poker room whose traffic tournament is very good at peak hours and carbon poker room.
Omaha botting
The Omaha / 8 bot is also a shanky bot. This bot allows the user to set options the way they would want and also set the game environment they will be playing in. It has easy option settings or complete custom coding. It also allows saving and out load of profiles. It could be applicable in staring tournaments for the first few hours of an MTT, playing overnight tournaments, holding place incase of a diversion during a tournament, clear deposit bonuses and to ensure consistency in SNGs. This bot supports No limit, Dot Limit, Cap Pot Limit and Limit. It also supports 6-max tables, 9-max tables, and 2-max tables, cash games, 1 table SNGs and MTTs. The shanky bots are both designed by use of simple Poker Programming Language software for the design and profiles.
Online poker is becoming more than just a game. Poker bots have been used to play games to nearly perfection, especially where the game involves advanced players and chances are they are mostly employed in such games. In casinos, the bots may give a rake but may end up scaring off clients. However, they do save time and energy, and could be used, not necessarily for the bot to play the entire game for you, but to help calculate and determine odds and hence be able to make a good bet and best of choices.