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Artificial Intelligence Enters the Online Casino Poker Industry

Developments in computer technology could just take online casino poker to the next level with new artificial intelligence programming that will enable computer programs the ability to bluff in internet poker games. Scientists have found a new way to program the “bots” (term for computer programs that play games with players) so that they play the game in a more realistic manner more akin to what players would encounter outside of the online casino industry.

Bluffing is often consider an essential part to successfully playing poker – be it at online casinos or face-to-face – which means that when playing against the computer, real players were always at an advantage because they had the ability to think beyond merely statistical calculation. But now scientists in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the University of Witwatersrand, have found a way to program the bots based on a neural network algorithm.

Evan Hurwitz is one of the leading scientists on the project, and he explains why the traditional computer programs could be a thing of the past for online casino gamblers. He comments, “Computers are programmed to perform the best strategy, but bluffing is based on unexpected, illogical actions.” The algorithm he uses for the new bots is taken from stock market predictions. And rather than program the bots with the poker rules prior to paying the game, the program allowed the bots to infer the rules of the game by actually playing poker hands with the other bots. And since the bots were not bound by performing the statistically “best” possible way, within no time the scientist were amazed to see that the computers were able to figure out that bluffing increased the odds at winning against the other bots.

This could mean some serious changes for online casino poker players – it looks like the scientists have just raised the bar and the internet poker fans will just have to adjust if this technology ever reaches the mainstream population.