The title is misleading - bots have been beating no limit pros in 1v1 matches for quite some time.
This is for 6-man games. The article mentions 10,000 hands - this is a very small sample size to draw any real conclusions, as anyone who has dabbled in online poker for more than a few thousand dollars can attest to. Regardless - it's trivial to write a bot that'll beat 90% of the players, as site runners can all attest to (bots are a serious problem that is not new). What does it matter that a bot can beat 'the best' or 'professionals'? It's enough that it can do better than the vast majority, outside of dystopian woes about robots taking over or being 'superior' to human beings.
Glossing over all that - I am curious if this can be used for something other than ruining online poker, which has largely already been ruined by allowing multi-tabling professionals with custom software that gathers statistics on players (data mining), existing bots, US government and irresponsible (criminal) site runners (looking at you ultimate bet)
This is for 6-man games. The article mentions 10,000 hands - this is a very small sample size to draw any real conclusions, as anyone who has dabbled in online poker for more than a few thousand dollars can attest to. Regardless - it's trivial to write a bot that'll beat 90% of the players, as site runners can all attest to (bots are a serious problem that is not new). What does it matter that a bot can beat 'the best' or 'professionals'? It's enough that it can do better than the vast majority, outside of dystopian woes about robots taking over or being 'superior' to human beings.
Glossing over all that - I am curious if this can be used for something other than ruining online poker, which has largely already been ruined by allowing multi-tabling professionals with custom software that gathers statistics on players (data mining), existing bots, US government and irresponsible (criminal) site runners (looking at you ultimate bet)