you guys are going back and forth over how row should be banned or not.

BOVADA which is canada+U.S is larger and softer and is currently the most botted site on the net. and guess what, no one will ever catch a single bot on bovada, not support and obv not a player ever.

Actually a lot of bots are caught on Bovada cause theres a bunch of reports of people receiving stipends for games they've played in the past, with bots. After the accounts have been caught, confiscated, with monies reimbursed.

This and having the ability to see players names ( and create dates and locations) is what guides people to spotting ACRs holes ( or careless approach)

Yeah, that's why they're easier for us regular players to spot them out. But on the other hand, I've yet to hear about WPN returning funds to players that have encountered or played with said bots.

A good case could also be made that because Bovada is part of Bodog, a much larger network with a bigger player pool, their security team is much more advanced, or just better funded. So although anonymity is a scary factor, you should feel more secure within that network. And it shows by the high levels of recs flooding those games.

When the eastern euros make new account why the hell don't they change more than 1 number or letter in their name, it's like they are trying to be 10% decent by allowing people to recognize the name while maintaining a db advantage

Bots are costing poker sites traffic from real players. If you look at poker scout WPN has gone from 800 players a day down to 700 a day over last 6 months. Thats a big hit. Full flush is full of them and traffic is dead along with betonline over last 6 months down from 600 players a day to 400. Both sites are tanking. Bovada down from 1500 to 1300. Bots are ruining online poker and the sites I guess just rather go out of business and have bots running. Bovada imo is the only one that really tries to get rid of them. Its to the point if I see more then 1 russian on a 6 max table the sites ruined imo and its full of bots. I don't even bother with them. Any promotion that brings grinders brings bots from what I have observed.

Until poker sites can find a way to get rid of them it will be the end of online poker. You guys will be lucky to break even vs a bot. They have an edge they play close to gto and have no emotion involved.

How can you tell where someone is from? I have been searching ACR setting everywhere and can't find this....

Double click their name while they are sitting at the table. It should pop up in another box.

Actually there are more bots on iPoker and 888. Both barely care whereas Bovada indeed bans accounts if enough evidence is found.

I think there is mass collusion at cash games and maybe even "rigged" distribution of cards in tournaments.

Cool story, but wrong thread. I take it you don't win, hence why it might be rigged?

I think this is a normal lull in traffic when you compare Summer months to Winter months. People are less interested in poker when they can be outdoors doing stuff. I'd expect traffic to be higher 6 months from now.

+1 on this.

I haven't seen it from that specific player, but I've seen those exact Rematch tendencies from players I've suspected to be bots (when I used to play HUSNGs).