Artificial intelligence is everywhere. ChatGPT and DeepSeek are readily available AI tools that allow users to submit queries and get real-time answers. So are these tools being utilized by the best US poker sites and should players be intrigued or worried at the prospect?
Online poker could become AI-influenced poker
Online poker is a melting pot of change, with emerging technologies and legislation updates forever shaping how the game develops. So, it’s no surprise that the advent of new AI technology is rearing its head in this industry.
Given how accessible free AI tools like ChatGPT and DeepSeek are, users playing online poker can easily use artificial intelligence to understand better the game unfolding around them. Ultimately, the computer at the server’s end has a lot more memory and can calculate probabilities far greater than the human mind.
A player could, in theory, enter their hand cards into an AI system and describe the other player’s behavior, the pot size, and the community cards. The AI can then provide some analysis on the strength of the hand and potential probabilities of winning. You can drip-feed it information as more cards are revealed, enhancing its understanding of your hand strength.
Does it mean you’ll win every hand it says to go for? No. Will you miss out on opportunities it is too cautious of? Yes. It does, however, give you the chance to assess without emotion.
Hold my cards, computer
While AI Chatbots are commonplace, they are surface-level AI technology. Big companies and coding enthusiasts use far greater tools in development. Such tools are already being used to fill user positions on websites, like buying clothing items, filling out job applications, and, in all likelihood, playing online poker.
AI could control the player if they consistently act the same during play, making their decision in the first second. Some poker sites don’t like AI taking away the human aspect of their site and go as far as to block profiles and IP addresses that use such technology on their sites. This is to prevent ‘multi-seating’ where the same user has access to multiple hands (and, therefore, more knowledge of the hands out on the table), which is deemed to be an unfair advantage.
Challenging to introduce AI to the table
While online and AI can easily manipulate any computer-based poker, it is much harder to do so in the real world, tangible venues. Should a player keep referring to his phone throughout a poker hand at a live table, it would be evident that they are doing something untoward. Typing the new cards to ChatGPT every five seconds would attract suspicion and most likely result in said players being removed from the venue.
AI can spot weaknesses in a player’s game
Poker players should continuously track their game. Many sites already do this for them, allowing players to download said data for their records. Assessing when they lost but should have won, when bluffing could have worked, and all manner of points that will allow them to better understand the card probabilities and the psychological behaviors of other players. Gathering this data is only the start; by itself, it’s meaningless. It takes time to assess and identify weaknesses in your game.
Well…it doesn’t have to take too much time at all. Providing it to AI tools will provide the answers quickly. They will be able to assess all results and notice trends that might have been invisible or simply missed upon a human glance. The AI can find and then offer pointers.
I.e., it could notice that bluffing is not your strong suit. It may identify that out of the last 100 hands, you’ve bluffed 25 times and lost on 23 of those occasions. As such, it can provide resources to help your bluff game better or cut it out of your game.
AI can assess opponent player behavior.
Researchers from all trades have turned to AI to simplify their lives by streamlining their workload. They allow it to pool data and provide insights to help them achieve their business goals. Poker players can use AI in the same way.
Theoretically, a poker player in an online or live setting could enter information about an opponent and how they play. After a series of entries detailing whether they bluffed, checked, or raised and what cards they had at the time, artificial intelligence can assess them to spot trends. Of course, it could take a significant number of prior rounds to enter enough data, but as long as they are still playing at the table, AI users may be able to benefit.
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