The Rise of AI in Online Poker

Artificial intelligence is everywhere these days. While it might have been around for some time, it’s rapidly becoming more apparent and evident in our everyday lives. Can AI step into the realm of online poker sites? Can he win tournaments or help build poker websites?

AI to Help Asses Poker Hands

Do you need help with what to do with your hand? Your favorite AI tool can help you make that decision. Tell the AI what cards you’ve got and what cards you can see on the board (if any), and from that, the AI will be able to present you with the chances of winning. Of course, it doesn’t know how for sure, as it doesn’t know what your opponents have – but it will give you a pretty objective overview, and give you the analytics you need to succeed on online cash poker sites, so you can play the percentages and make the correct decision more often than not.

The more information you give the AI, the better. If you add in how many players are at the table, if one keeps losing, or another keeps folding, the AI will try to depict what will happen next.

Website Coding Available from AI

It used to take years to master code—endless evenings of learning all the code rules and anomalies to construct a beautiful website. While humans still make the finest websites of skill, AI can now provide code for simple sites. Even the free AI tools can give code with a bit of prompting. It will only be a matter of time before it can do complex functions like designing casino games, etc.

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Text Can Be Generated by AI in Seconds

One item that can be generated very efficiently by AI is text. If a company is building a brand new poker or casino site, they will need a few text resources. Email communications, messages on the site, you name it, there’s a lot to write. Before the rise of AI, this would have to be all written by a human. The site could have someone internally do it or have to pay someone to write it all out. AI has eliminated the need for that, as it can prompt the text.

AI Hosts?

When you browse the games available on a poker or casino site, you’ll probably see the options to choose from a live dealer at the table or just one run by itself. Well, if you’ve chosen the latter – you’ve probably played with an AI dealer before. It was sticking to an algorithm if it wasn’t making autonomous decisions. The next step is to replace the live dealer with an AI host. Even though it would play just like the non-live variation, it would be presented as a natural host… while some players might not be able to welcome a AI host, some people have a fascination with new technologies and would like to gamble with an AI representative.

Trendspotting and Data Collection

When it comes to ensuring that players are not cheating or using underhanded tactics to manipulate the game, AI is already working to catch nefarious players out. These systems can detect irregularities and/or players' behaviour that suggests that they are breaking the rules. Such accounts are often banned from sites due to the AI detecting their activities.

AI Could Help with Emotional Players (Tilt)

Given that players' illicit behaviour can be detected, it is only a matter of time before the same AI systems can detect when players are having an unfortunate time at the table. Whether they are betting significantly more or less, if the behaviour change comes after a bad beat or a sizable loss, then the emotionally invested software could step in with a prompt. Something like, ‘It looks like you’re having a bad time; do you want to keep playing?’. While some players may dismiss the alert, it could catalyse some tilted players to log out and minimise their losses.

Graphic Design for Poker Sites

If a new company or individual is trying to create a poker website, the imagery needs to look appealing. Given the many poker sites in the contemporary marketplace, it is crucial to stand out and be aesthetically appealing. Graphic designers and photographers can be costly to work with.

A cheaper alternative is to get the graphic assets exclusively from AI. Many tools can now generate very good pictures, especially for static items. Some of the more basic tools still make mistakes and make people look a little strange, but this will only get better with time.

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