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:
has even one suspected bot responded that he in fact wasnt a bot but an actual player?
the fact that so many players are mentioned but none of them are clearing their names is very worrying
they’re just bots though, the operators likely don’t care, rate of accounts banned factored in their EV, they get new accounts and start the cycle again, goal would be for ACR to ban them fast enough so it’s no longer lucrative enough for them to go through the troubles of finding and making new accounts
they’re just bots though, the operators likely don’t care, rate of accounts banned factored in their EV, they get new accounts and start the cycle again, goal would be for ACR to ban them fast enough so it’s no longer lucrative enough for them to go through the troubles of finding and making new accounts
ACR will never get to this level of security. I doubt it
has even one suspected bot responded that he in fact wasnt a bot but an actual player?
the fact that so many players are mentioned but none of them are clearing their names is very worrying
Nope.
I was glad to see this post in the WPN thread showing they are banning people.
Join date: 1/27/24
Posts: 1
Likely a bot operator. Didn’t reply to multiple replies to his post. Never posted again. Last online 2/7.
It’s been 4 days since I’ve seen anyone on the cash game list after playing vs them daily for almost a month. Wonder if something happened to them or if they made fresh accounts.
So I guess at this point it's pretty obvious WPN doesn't mind these bots being around, huh?
I'm sure that if there was some kind of concerted effort from the player base to stop playing/paying rake, it would make a difference. How/why this hasn't happened yet is unknown.
So I guess at this point it's pretty obvious WPN doesn't mind these bots being around, huh?
I'm sure that if there was some kind of concerted effort from the player base to stop playing/paying rake, it would make a difference. How/why this hasn't happened yet is unknown.
he cant beat the games, so he is just crying. There is less bots, some of them haven´t played for a while. Understood why they kicked you out 10najkrajsi of raiseyouredge discord group, you are just spreading lies everywhere you come
he cant beat the games, so he is just crying. There is less bots, some of them haven´t played for a while. Understood why they kicked you out 10najkrajsi of raiseyouredge discord group, you are just spreading lies everywhere you come
when did i lie?
They kick me most likely because some admin is part of botfarm and didn´t wanna from me to destroy their business xD but unfortunately it is not going very well for them
https://twitter.com/Moosegills/status/17...
Seems like the bots are back!
here are bots from NL100/200 and from NL200 blitz
Anathema80
awayslay
BigRoosterJrod
Bligc
CapShepard
Carbuncle
Casanova71
cogn1ture
Coinflipmaster
DJgiga4
edgysolid
Epiploce
extra6alactic
fastboldie
finenorin
fleapatty
freshkier
Frogmaff
gaffed
Gaffed
geaptin
grimpread
iremangl
Jigglypufff
Jotspryck
klairpipe
LAMkoo
lorgere
mew1to
MilkAsta
mitzieat¨
motool3
mrhappy22
nabilippi
Peakraea
Pranama
reedlady
Ronnin7
Sasha4
Slitgher
softera
SonVibrant
SteerMan11
Sweetodds
teenielove
testicon
tiamn
trollwarLord
typhoon3
UilDoliV
westrency
Wgrider
xenogl
Wait BigBoosterJRod is a bot?
Could've fooled me.
Yes, he is a bot. (i know he is from USA)
Botring has access to American credentials? Drivers license etc
What is the bot accounts typical country of origin ?
I don't know if the original bot list from around 2019 is still up but it had a single American on it if I remember correctly. You don't need a drivers license until you cash out and sometimes not even then. Only when they ask you for it. They can easily chip dump at a table to a verified account who can cash out. I think they should make you send in documents before you can play a single hand
They should, but they are not going to. There are enough barriers to entry as it is; why would they put up even more?
They should, but they are not going to. There are enough barriers to entry as it is; why would they put up even more?
Not sure what barriers you are referring to. When I opened an account I was playing the same day. Cashed out like 4 times before they asked for anything over the course of 6 months. That was years ago. Maybe it’s changed. Hopefully it’s changed
Do better, be better, and make things right WPN.
Did someone received any refund from MTT bots yet?
I got around $200 totally on YaPoker and True Poker.
Still hoping for sth more, but it looks hard to believe...
I guess you got lucky I got $0 so far and played 127k hands vs bots. From SharkScope its obvious that all of those bots got banned since they stopped playing and it seems that WPN wants to keep money for themselves.
they always do ... WPN/ACR is complicit in this and does the minimum every time we do the work for them
