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Maybe interesting I have built a backgammon bot in the past detailed history here https://medium.com/@arisAlexis/the-money-machine-dream-e4ab534d0fdb https://me

• kbody 10y ago
  I think you meant Xavier... :P
  • arisAlexis 10y ago
    Ahem yes :D
• zen_boy 10y ago
  Here's a backgammon bot implemented in practise https://github.com/alexhanh/Botting-Library https://github.com/alexhanh/Botting-Library for anybody interested. It also contains highly optimised Blackjack bot. PartyPoker had a beatable blackjack due to bonus incentives they gave out (they've fixed it since).
  • arisAlexis 10y ago
    It seems that Party was a popular target back in the day ;) I was too ashamed to put code on github.
  • mod 10y ago
    Nearly everyone had a beatable blackjack, counting deposit bonuses, back in the day. They called it "Casino Whoring" or "Bonus Whoring." I started my poker bankroll that way and later moved into professional poker (HUSNGs). I turned $100 into approximately $3500 with the whoring. My expected value was something like 2900--I got lucky enough to beat the table in addition to earning the bonus. Many of them were something like "deposit $200, get $200 bonus, have to bet $xxxx before you can withdrawal" with approximately a $190 expected value if playing $1/hand blackjack, perfect play. I didn't think it was any surprise to the casinos that they were beatable--I assumed they just relied on them as a loss leader.
• hanasu 10y ago
  On a related note, the team who built the best backgammon engine a while back (Snowie) has also released a poker version.