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Pokerstars cracking down on bots?

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  1. #1

    Default Pokerstars cracking down on bots?

    Was playing my usual 5 tables last night on Pokerstars and noticed something different. Something came up in the chat screen where I had to enter a word and had 100 seconds to do so. It came up on all my screens and I almost missed it cause I have all the games tiled so my chat screen is small. So looks like they are cracking down on people playing multitables to make sure they are actually playing them. Wonder what happens if you don't respond in time.
  2. #2
    I got it too yesterday while playing cash games. Had to do it twice, not sure if I did it wrong the first time.
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  3. #3
    serious?

    Yeah, that'll take bot writers long to figure out


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  4. #4
    At least they are taking measures to stop it, better than not doing anything.
  5. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by mikeneron
    At least they are taking measures to stop it, better than not doing anything.
    I certainly agree that they can't do nothing. They have been taking measures.

    I just think there are smarter, more non-intrusive ways to combat the problem instead of inconveniencing legitimate users far more than they inconvenience people who write bots.
  6. #6
    Got once on PP in the good old days

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  7. #7
    I got asked once on 'Stars, but that was after about 1000 games since they started the test.

    They might do it at random, but I suspect they may also ask if they have some reason to believe you are a bot. Multi-tabling might be considered bot-like.

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