Risks, dangers and other disadvantages of online poker from bikola's blog

Bots. In addition to the fact that collusion can be used against you, you can run into a bot - a program that imitates a person and plays at the table. It's like playing chess against a supercomputer.

On large online sites, the security system monitors such bots and blocks them. On smaller sites, protection is pretty bad.

Recently, at the Americas Cardroom site, such a bot reached the final of the tournament and was left face to face with a player - a living person. The player noticed that the opponent thinks the same amount of time each turn. This is not the only way to distinguish a bot from a human:

The machine is set up so that it always bets the same amount.

The robot quickly moves from table to table.

Behaving monotonously and aggressively in chat.

Security guards not only ban bot accounts, but also find their developers. But the security guards never talk about how they identified the bot, again for the information security of the site.

Lots of money in the account. The user agreement of any site says that if the site suspects you of illegal actions, then your account will be blocked and all money will be withdrawn from the account without explanation. This is less common in larger venues. Yes, and the situation with blocking also prevents you from sleeping peacefully. I don't have more than the amount I'm going to play with on a particular evening. I have about $100⁣ 

Public condemnation. You say “mom, I play poker,” and in return they advise you to find yourself a normal job in the office. I'm tired of explaining to grandmothers what I do, and I just say that I'm a programmer. Now I really work in the office and really as a programmer. And I only play on weekends.

But despite all the disadvantages, I can't imagine my life without poker. I choose the best poker rooms  https://www.vzamazke.com/rooms/ and enjoy the gaming process a lot