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# The opponent in the online card game might be a computer. 'Bots' are beatable because they miss human nuances, but they're learning.
By Joseph Menn, Times Staff Writer
Of the millions of gamblers who have rushed to play Texas Hold 'Em and other fast-growing poker games online, Roger Gabriel isn't the most intimidating.
The 30-year-old Newport Beach engineer started playing for money only a month ago. He lurks online at the tables for the chicken-hearted; even there, where the biggest ante is 4 cents, he can't win consistently.
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But Gabriel has a potentially powerful alter ego. In his spare time, he's perfecting a computer program to go online and play the game for him.
His BlackShark software is still a work in progress, but Gabriel has no doubt that such programs eventually will be championship quality. 'In the future,' he said, 'robots are going to take over.' "
posted by miguel at 6/16/2005 02:23:00 PM
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fear not, fantasy football will soon come to the rescue of us all. btw, why no blog entry about all the california shakin?
Was in Seattle for the Tsunami-warning, and didn't feel the one yesterday.
DTs from not drinking, y'know.
Need to brainstorm LA team names. or Venice.
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