I'd love to hear where this project goes, and I'm glad my feedback was actually helpful. Something else I want to point out though since you mentioned "It isn'

I'd love to hear where this project goes, and I'm glad my feedback was actually helpful. Something else I want to point out though since you mentioned "It isn't just communication with a human I wanted to restrict, but any external system. Databases, helper systems, anything like that." This is going to be another deal breaker for true poker bot players -- they are all tapping into hand databases, recording every play they have ever participated in. I'm not sure if this is still possible since I have been out of the game, but I even ran a separate machine just for observing games I was not in. Hand History is necessary for a proper bot logic - it needs to be able to 'bucket' player behavior, and that doesn't exist in a vacuum. A huge part of gaining an edge is programming in that behavior. For example -- how can you possibly assign a player to be considered 'aggressive', 'passive', 'heavy bluffer', or 'only goes in on nuts' etc. without a hand history database? On top of that, there are other applications such as Sit N Go Analyzer that can help give you 'by the books correct' plays for end games if you are playing tournaments for example. Any serious botter is going to be taking advantage of -some- historical data, absolutely no one is playing a blind strategy -- that's not poker. I hope this isn't discouraging, and I'm glad my initial comment was helpful -- I'm genuinely curious to see where this goes, as I really miss those days. It felt so wonderful to be living off the logic I wrote, possibly the freest I have ever felt. And the rush of being at the point where it was time to raise the stakes/buy-in, which always results in tweaking to the playerbase at those levels. It was so fun. Had I been maybe 3-6 months ahead of where I was when Black Friday hit, I probably would have left the US to keep playing. So close..