The premise underlying online poker is that all players are humans. But with the growing availability of free poker "bot" downloads, it is becoming difficult to detect whether a player is real or a possibly unbeatable bot. Now a researcher at the University of California at San Diego has authored an open-source poker bot called "Fell Omen" which is available for free download. The phrase "Fell Omen" suggests the possibility of dooming online poker with open-source bots that can beat every human. Fell Omen took second in a recent bout with 16 other bots. First went to Hyperborean at the University of Alberta where doctoral candidate Michael Johanson shows, in the photo, poker from the bot's viewpoint.
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