WinHoldEm
WinHoldEm is an online
Texas hold 'em
bot, created by
Ray Bornert. Bots of this kind can sometimes be used in
online poker play, but this is considered cheating by
poker rooms, and grounds for account termination. The bot is
loaded, and will play in lieu of a real human, calculating
pot odds and making betting decisions based on these
calculations. There is no way to accurately estimate the
extent to which these bots are used.
The bot works through installing client software on your machine which interfaces with the poker room, i.e. it is able to read what cards have been dealt, what bets have been made, etc. The bot's 'intelligence' ends there. Whether the bot wins, or not, depends on the poker ability of the actual person. The poker strategy needs to be programmed by the user, so the bot is only as good as its master.