Botfarm won $10 Million on WPN
Monitoring the development and profitability of poker bots has become an increasingly challenging task.
Below are my findings related to the bots identified on the Winning Poker Network (WPN).
Botfarm Total Multi-Table Tournament (MTT) Graph:
Botfarm 2023 Year MTT Results:
Botfarm Cash Games NL400+ Since April 1, 2023:
The issue of bot proliferation has been recognized for at least 3.5 years, as discussed in this Botfarm forum thread.
Despite submitting comprehensive reports to the WPN, which unfortunately went unanswered from their security team, I harbor no illusions that they will address the problem. The security service has let down the player community. Therefore, I am reaching out to poker schools, funds, and independent players.
I urge you to examine the hands played by these bots in cash games and MTTs this year, analyze their strategies in training sessions, and actively combat them at the tables. In many games, they constitute a significant portion of the player field, ranging from 5% to 15%.
https://mega.nz/file/tuJwgYYI#2WVRTQ2BB9... - MTT Hands
https://mega.nz/file/0rQzzSZY#WGXy0n1-w4... - Cash Hands
Here are the aliases for Hand2Note 3 that I have compiled. However, I encourage you to verify and draw your own conclusions.
https://mega.nz/file/FuowxARL#7MLoYSwjqx... - Aliases
Currently, Botfarm evolve approximately every 3 months but still employ exploitative tactics, allowing to push back. Given their ability to create over 100+ new accounts per month, eradicating them requires multiple waves of blocking, not just a single sweep. This issue is not exclusive to WPN; evidence suggests that Ignition and GG Poker are already affected. While I lack data from all platforms, it is certain that they will infiltrate wherever there is a lucrative game.
In the end I would like to say that poker is a game of people with each other, not the machines. Interference by machines disrupts the essence of poker. If any room management believes that regular players can be replaced by machines - you are mistaken. In such a scenario, the game would inevitably dwindle or even cease to exist, reaching an untenable scale.
List of MTT Nicknames Part 1:
List of MTT Nicknames Part 2:
List of Cash NL400+ Nicknames:
I just got an email from ACR saying I had been issued a refund. I redownloaded the software, logged in, and checked to see how much I was given.
I played 400nl-2knl for the last 2 years, 70%ish volume on BCP (a skin of ACR).
My refund was...
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$29.28.
Damn Gazzy...that's brutal. ACR won't ever be redeemed it seems.
I got 0$ so far.
I have played against at least 265 bots and have 125k hands against them at MTTs.
I am sure they just need time to issue refunds and they will not pocket all the money for sure.
Btw they stopped and no longer post publicly list of banned account and refunds anymore.
Got this from support:
We refrained from publicly posting refunds on our website some time ago, since then all players entitled to a refund are notified via email.
lost 30k$ in a small sample
so happy to get 40$ back. thx acr.
More ACR MTT bots:
I checked now my accounts on the different WPN sites and got a surprise that I have been refunded a "Game integrity compensation" $125 on YaPoker and $74 on True Poker.
I actually didnt get emails about that, just opened those rarely used platforms with some hope after following the discussion here.
So, there is no explanation how those amounts were formed - on YaPoker it was a single transaction and on True in 3 parts.
most likely the botfarm except Ignition started to play on GG as well... nl100 and nl200 reg tables
I don’t know what you mean, I have seen blitz 200 running in recent days. Maybe it runs less hours of the day than it used to; if so, I would be interested to know.
most likely the botfarm except Ignition started to play on GG as well... nl100 and nl200 reg tables
What is ‘botfarm except ignition’?
And why do you post about GG in WPN thread? Very confused by content and purpose of your posts
I don’t know what you mean, I have seen blitz 200 running in recent days. Maybe it runs less hours of the day than it used to; if so, I would be interested to know.
What is ‘botfarm except ignition’?
And why do you post about GG in WPN thread? Very confused by content and purpose of your posts
Blitz runs only around 6-8hours per day which is almost 50% traffic as it used to be 2 months ago
this thread is called "Botfarm won 10M" where do you see wpn thread?
any MTT grinders received refunds?
Blitz runs only around 6-8hours per day which is almost 50% traffic as it used to be 2 months ago
this thread is called "Botfarm won 10M" where do you see wpn thread?
blitz 200 runs about 12-14 hours every day. Check the pool more than once before you write in discord groups and 2+2 forum that 200blitz is dead. Thank you man
I've made a video on how to exploit ACR MTT bots if you have them on your table:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnv3Qbnl...
And here is latest version of the h2n alias (most of this is from Tyler, I just added around 15 new ones)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1drBCoxz...
I've made a video on how to exploit ACR MTT bots if you have them on your table:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnv3Qbnl...
And here is latest version of the h2n alias (most of this is from Tyler, I just added around 15 new ones)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1drBCoxz...
Well, why im thankful for your commitment to the cause im not quite sure if making exploits publicly available is too helpful for Bot Creators.
I do mention that in the video and I am showing just few limited things that are useful for exploits and "fixing" those would mean huge rework of the bot. I do have much more detailed filters for detecting them which I am not sharing publicly.
February Update
I have meticulously reviewed hands played between the end of January and the current period in February, unveiling a fresh wave of bots that had not been previously addressed. Some are entirely new entities, while others were inadvertently overlooked in the initial analysis; however, all of them are currently active.
Cash Botfarm Results post January 10:
MTT Botfarm Results post January 10:
As customary, I've provided a link to their hand histories and updated aliases for your reference:
Botfarm Hand Histories and Hand2note 3 A...
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February Update
I have meticulously reviewed hands played between the end of January and the current period in February, unveiling a fresh wave of bots that had not been previously addressed. Some are entirely new entities, while others were inadvertently overlooked in the initial analysis; however, all of them are currently active.
FWIW and you may already know this, I recognize aecktan and sardiuslight from at least 3 years ago, if not several years longer. I even found a post of my own about him in another thread about bot shenanigans from a few years back ... https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showp...
Sad they are still active years later.
February Update
I have meticulously reviewed hands played between the end of January and the current period in February, unveiling a fresh wave of bots that had not been previously addressed. Some are entirely new entities, while others were inadvertently overlooked in the initial analysis; however, all of them are currently active.
Cash Botfarm Results post January 10:
MTT Botfarm Results post January 10:
As customary, I've provided a link to their hand histories and updated aliases for you
what stakes is this from/to?
Drizzle5 plays 100 not sure other stakes
I also recognize PopularDiva and Piffling they were playing 10nl and 25nl. Not sure if higher.
AbelayO: 50
Aecktan: 25/50/100
Boureros: 50
Cistura: 50
Coffret: 25/50
Colywobbles: 25/50
Copauc7: 50
Doahoahan: 25/50
Drizzle5: 100
Dyonez: 100
Fruzzzy: 100
Girlkitty: 100
Half6wit: 100
Iremang: 50
Novalia: 25/50
PopularDiva: 25/50
Ravencybe: 25/50
Riffraff0: 25
Sardiuslight: 25/50
SonKuro: 50/100
Trepang11: 25/50
Wardiel: 50
Wellhiro: 50
This is just from my sample I didn’t download what OP has but I’m sure it’s similar.
