Even I did write a bot, I don't think I would want to leave it unattended to gamble with my money. In any case, I could see why people may get upset if they thought they were playing against a human when they were playing against a bot.
I'm not ripping anyone off and I'm not sure I understand the paranoia on this topic.
Think I'll call it a day here.
I could care less what you do. If someone's playing poker online, they deserve what they get (there's bigger problems than bots when it comes to online poker...). But the same goes for you--if you write a poker bot (not saying that's what you're intending), I think it's trickier and more complicated than you might think. And it may turn out to be an even better way to throw away money than if you just played yourself.
On the other hand, writing a program that will play poker, just for the challenge (and it IS a challenge) would be a great project. And if you can get it to play in an online play money table, so much the better.
The crows maintain that a single crow could destroy the heavens. Doubtless this is so. But it proves nothing against the heavens, for the heavens signify simply: the impossibility of crows.
