Are Bots and RTA Tools Slowly Ruining Online Poker?

Lately I’ve started wondering how serious the bot problem really is in online poker.

Sometimes you face players making very strange calls, playing for extremely long sessions, and still showing almost no emotional or strategic mistakes. Of course, variance exists and crazy hands happen in poker every day, but some situations just feel a little “too perfect” or robotic.

I also think RTA tools are becoming part of the discussion now, not only bots. Poker has evolved a lot, and technology is improving fast too.

I’m not accusing any specific platform, because online poker is still beatable and many strong players are simply very skilled. But honestly, do you think bots and assistance tools are becoming a bigger issue than before?

Have you ever played against someone who genuinely felt like a bot?

Mostly the bad rng kills the interesting to play poker , with all the preset hands , the bad beats , the crazy rng results and conflicting hands . Of course bots and rta and AI programs do far more damage . You cannot win against all these all together , it's very hard or impossible, maybe possible online if you have joker bingo player abilities

antonis32123 said:

Mostly the bad rng kills the interesting to play poker , with all the preset hands , the bad beats , the crazy rng results and conflicting hands . Of course bots and rta and AI programs do far more damage . You cannot win against all these all together , it's very hard or impossible, maybe possible online if you have joker bingo player abilities

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Mostly, bad RNG kills the interest in playing poker. Between the seemingly preset hands, constant bad beats, crazy runouts, and conflicting situations, the game can start feeling more frustrating than enjoyable.
Of course, bots, RTA tools, and AI-assisted programs do even more damage. Competing against all of that at the same time feels almost impossible sometimes. Maybe you can still win online… but only if you have some kind of “joker bingo” abilities. 😄

The bot and RTA concern in online poker is more relevant today than in the past because tools and training methods have become more advanced. Security systems on major platforms also improved, but so did the ability to play long sessions, use solvers, and behave in a very “mechanical” way, which can sometimes make strong human players look robotic. In many cases what feels like a bot is actually just a highly studied regular with good discipline and low emotional leaks. Real cheating cases do exist, but most of the time the explanation is still skill, experience, and modern strategy rather than automation.

I dont know how big an issue it is but I dont think its ruining the game. The governments are doing that just fine on there own.

I think that with the various power platforms joining mobile, and the number of people who prefer to play casually on a cell phone, the number of users with these tools tends to decrease, or at least be under control.
I agree with @istbno , I think that most of the time it's the player's experience that counts.