online poker players . . . this may be of interest . . .

[OneBlueSky]

Are poker ‘bots’ raking online pots?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6002298/

[TheFarseer]

1. Seems like a bad idea to play poker online

The only thing I would play(and I have in the past) is sportsbooks because they can't hardly cheat at that.

[Systematic Chaos]

2. No, online poker is great!

And there are at least a couple of regular DU'ers who do it and claim to win.

I tried it for very low stakes in some low-ante no-limit hold-em games. I was doing very well until on one particular hand I bet big with the highest 3 of a kind and didn't even notice a potential inside straight draw that did indeed beat me. After that nasty loss the rest of my bankroll disappeared 25 and 50 cents at a time just looking for some playable cards.

I lost due entirely to my own carelessness, and I will take that lesson with me and use it well should I ever go back. In the lower stakes games I don't think bots are a problem at all.

[TheFarseer]

3. reminds me of when I

got 10 free dollars at an online sportsbook and turned it into $165. Then I bet the whole thing on Kansas St +10 or something over Iowa in the first game of the season a couple years ago and lost. I've never been so sure of anything in my life and I LOST!!!!

Now I can't find free money anywhere. The internet sucks these days.